Literary Terms Practice

the manner at which an author develops characters and their personalities

use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning

pull together parts to make a whole

language that appeals to the five senses

the method of returning to an earlier point in time to make the present clear

the narrator is a character in the story

the underlying main idea of a literary work

repetition of initial consonant sounds of words

refers to the pattern of sounds made by stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

The time and place of a literary work

the turning point of a literary work

hint of what is to come in a literary work

the source of conflict in a literary work

struggle between two or more opposing forces

figure of speech in which non-human objects are given human qualities

the vantage point from which a literary work is told

the comparison of two unlike things using like or as

a comparison between two things without using like or as

briefly organize and bring together the main points

the main character in a literary work