Amer Lit Finals

The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject

An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning

Descriptive words that mean exactly what they say

The act of creating and describing characters in literature

The irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected

The author telling the audience what a character is like

The repetition of sounds between two words

a narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories

The section of a story that leads toward its climax

The introduction to a story, including the primary characters’ names, setting, mood, and time

An autobiography is the story of a person’s life, written by that person.

A person’s thought’s reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.

When someone says something that is sharply different from the reality of the situation

A variety of a language spoken in a particular area of a country

A word or phrase that contains required information a reader must know to understand the sentence

The struggle occurring within a character’s mind

Everything that takes place immediately after the climax

What happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved (Not Climax)

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

The atmosphere of the narrative

His reason for or intent in writing

The writer reveals information to the reader, but not to the characters

Art Of Poetry

Type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them

Two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence

A struggle that takes place between the main character and some outside force.

The time and place in which a story is told

A poem in which an imagined speaker addresses a silent listener, usually not the reader

Choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

National Poet

One in which humour or exaggeration is used to criticize something.

A type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds