Literature terms

Brief work of fiction that can usually be read in one sitting

Drawing a comparison in order to show a relationship: Ex. Dog is to cat as shadow is to light

Regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or a song

Perspective or vantage point from which a story is told

What and where?

Words that imitate a sound

Two words that express opposite concepts

A brief story or poem usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson

Fictional tale that explains the actions of gods, goddesses and heroes

Sentence that asks a question

Two opposites that are still true ( jumbo shrimp, thunderous silence)

What is this?

To state in concise form the essential components of something, usually chronologically.

Sentence that gives an order

The outcome of the conflict in a plot

Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter

The use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

A unifying or dominant idea or motif; the message of a passage

Character or force in conflict with the main character

A message about life that is expressed regularly in many different cultures and time periods

Scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events from the past

Conversation between characters

Sentence that states an idea and ends with a period

To quote specifically or give credit to

The different divisions of literature (poetry, prose, drama, etc.)

The turning point in the action of the plot

Humorous, rhyming, five line poem usually with an AABBA scheme