English IV NCFE Lit Terms Review

Poem that expresses feelings and emotions

Outside narrator - like a reporter covering a story - objective but descriptive

Place and time period of a piece of literature

The associations called up by a word that go beyond its dictionary meaning

Narrator can see in ALL characters thoughts feelings.

A thing that stands for itself as well as representing some larger meaning

A comparison using “like” or “as.”

Framework or organization of a poem, essay, or novel.

A reference in literature to a person, place, thing, history, art, music, mythology, the Bible.

Nonfiction that  is written mainly to provide facts.

The order of words or grammatical structure of sentences in a literary or non-fiction work.

Involving hidden information from all or some characters.

The choice of words that an author selects.

 The author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. 

Plot jumps to future, goes back to present, and then moves forward to show how future occurs.

The plot stops to recall a previous event from the past and then continues in the present

Intended group(s) that an author wants to reach

 The general atmosphere created by the author’s words.

Saying one thing when the speaker REALLY means quite the opposite.

"I" narrator

Poem that tells a story

Extreme exaggeration to create humor or make a point.

The description or the documenting of historical, or "real life"  events. 

Involving events that turn out quite differently than expected.

The use of words that supposedly mimic their meaning in their sound

 Human characteristics given to something non-human.

The meter or beat of a poem

A comparison between two unlike things not using "like" or "as"

The reason an author writes the passage, selects a phrase, uses a word, etc

A character that changes significantly in the course of the work

A biography written by the author about his or herself.

Narrator can tell thoughts/feelings of one or a very few characters.

Humorous use of word to suggest two or more meanings or the meaning of word similar in sound