Literary Terms (Literary Devices)

The main character in a story

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

Conclusion of the story

What is the definiton of "allusion"

When the character telling the story is an outside observer; i.e. they, he, she, it

Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story

The introduction of setting, character, and basic situation in a story

a poetry term describing a phrase, line or stanza that greatly exaggerates.

A character that undergoes a major change over the course of the story

A description that appeals to one's five senses

Problem or struggle between opposing forces

What term describes the feeling created in the reader by a literary work?

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

Idea or lesson about life in a story

Where and when a story takes place

Which literary device is being used? (She's as tough as nails.) (You're crying like a baby.) (He's quick as lightning.)

A character that stays the same throughout a story

Which point of view addresses the reader directly and uses pronouns like "you" and "your"?

What word means: "words that, when spoken out loud, imitate sounds like what they’re intended to mean"

Which literary element is present in the sentence: "It was raining cats and dogs!"

A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound

In which point of view does the narrator refer to themselves as "I" and is a character in the story?

A contrast between what appears to be real and what is actually real.

POV that uses pronouns like "he," "she," or "they" and allows the narrator to know the thoughts of only one character

What literary technique involves giving human-like qualities to non-human things or animals?

Comparison of two things without using like or as.

Which literary device is being used? (His room is a war zone.) (For her sister, life was a fashion show.)

What literary device is used when an author hints at future events in a story?

In a story, the highest or most intense point in the development

Anything that stands for or represents something else

A character telling the story is taking part in the story; i.e. I, me, my

Writer's attitude toward his or her subject

Force or character working against the main character in a story

Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives

Which point of view is the narrator not a character in the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?

A conversation between characters; can be used to move the action along.

Which is NOT a simile?

Which literary element is defined as the perspective from which a story is told?

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

A comparison between two things using like or as