Keystone Terms List 1

To make a judgement based off of reasoning. To "read between the lines."

Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work

Descriptive language that appeals to the readers five senses

The atmosphere or feeling in a text that is created for the reader

To describe the most important imparts of a passage is to do this:

An exxageration or over-statement

A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, or technique

A story that is a product of imagination (not real).

A person, animal, or inanimate object in a literary work

The associations ( or feelings) of a word or phrase.

The opposite meaning of a word.

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

The repetition of beginning consonants/letters in a word.

A comparison of two things without like or as. "You are the sun."

The time and place of a story

A person, animal or thing telling the story.

Using one word with an actual intended opposite meaning OR the opposite of an expected result

A brief, indirect reference (to a person, story, event, time period, etc.).

A written account of another person's life.

The author's attitude towards what they are writing

The topic of discussion in a work; broad enough to cover the entire scope of the work.

A comparison using like or as

Hinting at things to come in the story/ to set up an expectation.

The central thought of a passage.

The "struggle" in a story.