Literary Terms

 Language that is not meant to be taken literally

A type of autobiography that covers a short period of time in that person's life.

 What is opposition or struggle in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces?

This occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.

a poem with four lines in each stanza

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

The dictionary definition of a word

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

the writer's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the reader.

the perspective from which a story is told

a word that sounds like what it means, like "pop" or "pow"

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

When the opposite of what is expected happens

a short story of an incident in someone's life

transition to an earlier event that interrupts the chronological development of the story

What is a comparison using like or as?

type of writing.

A recurring pattern, subject, or idea

the overall emotion or feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

What is the use of language to evoke a picture or language that appeals to the senses?

writing that tells about real people, places, and events; writing that is true and not made up.

What is a reference to something the author expects the reader to recognize?

an object that represents something else (a larger, philosophical and more important idea)

What is the main idea or meaning of a text; an insight about life?

figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor