Literary Terms Review 1

The Empire State Building is 1,250 feet tall.

Wolves are members of the canine family, but hyenas are members of the feline family.

is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future

The wall was made of rocks.The wall was made of stones.

is the telling of stories which are not entirely based upon facts.

a regional variety of language distinguished from other regional varieties by features

From Latin, "likeness" or "comparison"Example: Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard.

you are telling how things are different.

is a word that means the opposite of another.

is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact.

is the author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

Wolves and panthers both have 4 legs.

is the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play.

If you compare two things you tell how they are alike.

Extraterrestrials exist.

The flowers begged for water. Lightning danced across the sky.

The ________________ of a literary work is the time and place of the action. 

are words that have the same, or almost the same meaning.

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. How the characters feel.

It is a type of speech that compares two or more things that have something in common. 

is a statement that can be proven as true

The ___________ of a literary work is its central message.

“tall” - “short”“dark” -“light”

It is a figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things. Use the words like or as.

refers to putting events or actions in order. One example is chronological order.

is a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, is given human qualities

Her home was a prison. America is a melting pot. Examples of:

His skin was as cold as ice.It felt as hard as rock.She looked as gentle as a lamb.

is the main reason that the story or article was written.

is someone’s view, or belief, or way of thinking about something.