Literary Terms Review 2019 COATS

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things using like or as

What is this an example of? -- The bright yellow sun shined through the flowing green grass.

incongruity (oddity) between what might be expected and what occurs

the physical position of something (time and place)

a reference to a statement, person, place, event, etc. that is known from literature, history, etc.

giving nonhumans human characteristics

extravagant exaggeration

an open clash between two opposing groups

the narrator's position in relation to the story being told

the main character in a work of fiction

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure (novel, short story)

the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character

What is this an example of? -- Donna drives to Dallas daily.

 the act of providing vague (unclear) advance indications

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

person who tells something; a character who recounts the events of a story

something visible that represents something invisible

the character who comes into conflict with the protagonist in a literary work

prose writing that is not formed by the imagination; factual

the ability to form mental pictures of things or events

What is this an example of? -- Kiana is as cute as a doll.

a literary work based on the imagination

What is this an example of? -- The old chair groaned when I sat in it.

the most intense or important point of something

What is this an example of? -- Shawn is a beast!

suggests a non-literal similarity by equating what is being compared

using words that imitate the sound they denote

What is this an example of? -- I am so hungry I could eat 200 pizzas.

the subject of a piece of writing, conversation, or discussion

the repetition of similar vowels in successive words