Literary Elements & Shampoopsi Vocabulary

the main character in a literary work

a central message in a literary work; can be expressed as a general statement about life

When human personality traits or qualities are assigned to inanimate objects

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

the act of creating and developing character

a type of conflict that takes place in the mind of a character.

the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story; creates suspense.

"Students think that Mr. Smith, the principal, must be 1000 years old" is an example of...

a contradiction between what happens and what is expected

a point of view told by a character who uses the pronoun "I"

A comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as

the sequence of events in which one event results from a previous one and causes the next

anything that stands for or represents something else

Which of the following is NOT an example of a sense required of imagery?

a character who changes or grows during the course of the work

the writer's attitude toward his/her subject

a conversation between characters; usually set off by quotation marks.

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of...

a character who does not change during a story

Two or more words in the same line having the same first consonant sound

a character or force in conflict with the main character

"The clouds cried when the sun disappeared" is an example of...

a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person or force in nature

a struggle between opposing forces in a story

a person that takes part in the action of a literary work

contradictory terms joined for emphasis

the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told

a point of view in which an outside narrator uses pronouns such as "he" and "she"

time and place of action in a story

An extreme example usually used to exaggerate a point