HHS STAAR Vocab.

The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject or the audience

the practice of using a person, thing, or object to represent something else

writer is not in the story but knows and describes all the character's thoughts and ideas

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

the universal message of a story (always a sentence)

A character or force in conflict with the main character

a logical guess based on evidence or reasoning

a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

the main character in a literary work

When the audience knows more than the characters about what is happening.

a reference to a well-known person, place, or event

when and where the story takes place

repeated use of the same sentence structure, usually to show two topics are of equal importance

a conversation between two persons

the perspective from which the story is told