Literary Terms English PART ONE

Person or thing opposing the protagonist or hero of the story (usually called the villain)

The colliding or clashing of thoughts, feelings, actions, or persons (problems or complications in the story)

The beginnings of words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables and words are close together

Widely accepted rules for grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

Literature that instructs or presents a moral or religious statement

Form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people

The high point of the story

Character who undergoes adaptation, change, or growth

All the emotions or feelings a word can arouse

Person or animal in a work of literature

Representation of a person’s attributes or peculiarities (appearance, personality)

A reference to some striking incident in history or reference to a mythological character

An author’s choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

The direct address of the absent or dead as if they were present, or the inanimate as if they were animate

A story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life (has a moral)

An opposition or contrast of ideas

Dictionary meaning of a word

A repetition of vowel sounds

Image, character or pattern that recurs throughout literature and thought consistently enough to be considered universal