Literary Terms/Figurative Language

usually comes at the end of the story when the problem has been resolved or fixed

when two or more characters talk to each other in a literary work

giving hints or clues of what might happen at a future time in the story

the first part of a story that establishes the characters, setting, and sometimes even the plot

the events in the story that lead up to the climax

an obvious and deliberate extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously

the repeating of the first consonant sound in words, usually in the same line or sentence

a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

any person, animal, thing, or natural force presented as a person in a story

This point of view uses the word "you"

a word or phrase which means something different from what it says

where and when the story takes place

a broad idea or main message of a story

a change in the timeline of events in a story, going back in time from the present

This point of view uses the word "I" or "me"

Which of the following is NOT a story element?

the ways that a writer creates characters

a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as

words that imitate sounds

an educated guess based on given information

giving human characteristic to something not human

the struggle between opposing forces

the use of language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind

the decisive moment in a story; where the height of the plot takes place