Language Arts Vocabulary

The action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.

The sequence of events in a literary work

A character struggles to overcome personal issues

The feelings created in a reader through the literature

Conversation carried on by one or more characters

A comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as'.

The narrator tells the story through the addressee's point of view.

Another character in a story who contrasts with main character, highlights their attributes

A form of language that is spoken in a specific way

Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

The use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur

Giving human characteristics to non-human things (ex: the leaves kissed the tree)

The narrator is in the story (pronouns: I, me, we)

An often universal message about life found in literature

Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect.

A play on word, when a word has more than one meaning.

The time and place of a literary work

The protagonist battles an unjust element of government or culture 

The leading character or one of the major characters

A comparison of two things based on their being alike in some way.

Clues that suggest events yet to come

The intense feeling that the audience goes through while waiting for the outcome

A person in a story 

Words that create images in the mind

The protagonist is directly against another character with apparent opposing aims

Two societies are pitted against each other

The writer or the speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity 

The person or thing that opposes the protagonist

Takes place outside of the body

Pits the protagonist against a natural force

The way an author reveals his characters

Information, usually of a biased nature, used to promote/publicize a particular point of view.

When something is different than it was thought to be

A reference to something mythical, biblical, or historical.

Takes place inside the body and or mind