Literary Term Review 2019

Person, place, thing, or event that has its own meaning AND stands for something else

Reference to something from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, culture, etc.

A word that imitates natural sounds

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next

A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like," "as," "than," or "resembles"

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words

Showing a character's personality through appearance, actions, or speech

Using language to create a mental picture

An impersonal narrator who tells the story with no comments/feelings

When characters, setting, and events stand for OTHER people, events, or ideas

The central idea or "big idea" of a literary work

A character tells the story from HIS OWN perspective, often using "I"

Use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

The AUTHOR or SPEAKER'S attitude toward the subject

A reader understands more about the events of a story than a character

The feeling that writing creates in the READER

An unknown narrator tells the story and only knows the thoughts/feelings of one character

The narrator tells the story to another person, often using "you"

Exaggeration for effect

Time and place of a story

The all-knowing narrator

When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate

Revealing the personality of a character

The hero in a literary work

A character says one thing but means the opposite