Literary Terms Review

The narrator is NOT a character in the story. It uses words like "He, She, They."

When a character's personality/traits are revealed through their speech, actions, or appearance.

A conversation between characters; can be used to move the action along.

Problem or struggle between opposing forces

Universal idea or lesson about life that the reader learns from a story.

The personality of a character is revealed through descriptive language, adjectives, and phrases.

Force or character working against the main character in a story

A character that is sometimes stereotypical or only has 1 or few traits.

Where and when a story takes place

Comparison of two things without using like or as.

Words that are spelled similar to the way they sound

A character in the story is telling what happens. It has words like "I, We, Me."

A conflict with the government, police, town, or a large population of people

The style of speaking or writing determined by the word choice of a speaker or writer.

Hint or clue of what will happen in the future of a story.

A character that has both positive and negative characteristics (like a real person)

When the story jumps backward in time to something that happened earlier in the story or before the story takes place

A description that appeals to one's five senses (smell, taste, touch, hearing, and eyesight)

In a story, the highest or most intense point in the development

Conclusion of the story or the end

Writer's attitude toward their subject or audience. Usually conveyed through choice of words in a story.

exaggerated claims that cannot possibly be true

A comparison between two things using like or as

A character that stays the same throughout a story

The feelings or vibes that readers get through words and descriptions of a piece of writing.

The main character in a story

A character that undergoes a major change over the course of the story by learning a lesson.

The introduction of setting, characters, and tone in a story.

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics