Literature Terms

The genre of literature represented by work intended for the stage, a work to be performed by actors on a stage

An author's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures & figurative language, combined to help create meaning & tone

A word is the opposite in meaning to another word.

The turning point in a narrative, the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.

The repetition of initial (beginning) sounds on neighboring words

DENOTATION: The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.

A written account of another person's life

The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

The part of the literary plot that is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflict

The author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain, or to persuade the audience

Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documented fact.

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.

A person, animal, or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.

Literary device to present action that occurred before (current) present time of the story. Often introduced as dreams.