Literary Terms for Ginn's ELA II Final

verbal techniques that create emphasis and appeal to emotions (Paralellelism, Restatement, Repetition)

The conflict reaches its highest point of tension

a struggle between opposing forces

a central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

through the narrator, the writer tells the reader what the character is like

a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning –a literal level and one or more symbolic levels

The characters, setting, and basic situation in a story are introduced

the conflict ends and any remaining issues are resolved

a logical assumption a reader makes based on details in a story

a means by which authors present material that occurred earlier than the present time of the narrative

the writer reveals a character’s traits through dialogue, the character’s actions and thoughts, and interactions

the tension in the story decreases

is descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader

The sequence of related events in a story

logical guesses you make about what will happen later in a narrative

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

a literary technique that portrays differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result

The central conflict in a story begins and develops

a character, place, thing, or event that stands for something else, often an abstract idea

is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art