Craziest SOL review terms

A problem within a character's own mind

A problem between a character and society, school, or a group of people

Words or phrases that appeal to the readers sense of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste

The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story's end

Narrator tells only about one character

Repeating a sound or word

Narrator outside the story; "he," "she," "they."

Comparison that shows a relationship between two things

A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature. Uses gods and goddesses.

Writing that is made up, but could be real.

An expression that doesn't mean exactly what it says.

Time and place a story takes place

Repetition of initial consonant sounds, tongue twisters.

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

The person or character who actually tells the story

Person, place, or things that stands for something else

The lesson a story teaches

Giving human qualities attributed to something that is not human.

Story set in an imaginary world which the characters usually have supernatural powers

Extreme exaggeration

What a piece of writing is mostly about.

Words, phrases, or sentences that give meaning to unknown words.

When what is expected to happen is not what happens.

Speech that reflects how people of a certain region talk.

Everything that happens in a story

The planned action or series of events in a story; made up of 5 parts

Alphabetical listing of difficult, technical, or foreign terms with definitions or translation

A book that contains information about many subjects, arranged alphabetically

Language that had meaning beyond the literal meaning

The beginning of the story that introduces characters, setting, and background.

Japanese three line poem following 5-7-5

Anything that is true facts.

A good source of information

The part of a book which lists the chapters or contents within a book

A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen

The high point in the action of a story

The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in a reader

Literary work that uses colorful, often rhythmic language to expression ideas and emotions

The conversations that characters have with one another

The message about life or human nature of the story

A statement that cannot be proven

Literary work that uses the familiar spoken form of language sentence after sentence.

The distinctive way a writer uses language including factors such as word choice

A classification of literature

A writer's account of some other person's life

Comparison of two things using like or as

A novel, story, or play involving a crime or secret

How the story ends, the problems are solved

A strong prejudice for one side over the other

No Bias

Narrator is a character in the story. "I," "We," "Me."

Stories that are NOT true

Events leading up to the climax of the story

Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come.

To use the information given to figure out an ending

Comparison of two things as if one were the other

Funny poem

The person or force that works against the hero of the story

Narrator can see the minds of all character

A humorous, exaggerated story often based on the life of a real person.

A story passed down from one generation to the other

Shorter than a novel, the piece of literature can usually be read in one sitting

The main character in a story, the good guy

Quality in literature that makes the character or situation seem funny

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story

One of the people or animals in the story

Short story using animals as the main character

Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character.

The action that makes up the story, events of the story

The extra sense that a word is positive or negative.

Writing based on real or imaginary scientific developments often set in the future

Going back to something that happened previously in the story.

A writer's story of his or her own life

Gives the main idea AND important details of the passage.

A made up story that is based on a real time and place in history

Problem between characters

The use of words that imitate sounds

A statement that can be proven

A problem between a character and some element of nature

Alphabetical listing that gives page numbers or books where information can be found

To take what you already know combined with the information you have and make a guess

Words that have the same meaning

Perspective which the story is told

Persuasive Technique