Literary Terms for English I Final

A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome or events in a literary work. 

An essay that tries to convince the reader to accept the writer's point of view 

The central or main message of a literary work 

Character in conflict with main Character

The Time, Place, and Action of the Literary Work

An Essay that tells a true story

Writing that tells about imaginary characters or events 

An informative essay that discusses ideas or explains a process 

A question not meant to be answered. 

A conclusion based on evidence in the story 

The writer's attitude toward his audience and subject 

When the author directly states character traits

Non-fiction where character tells his/her life story

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "is" or "was" 

A fixed or oversimplified idea of what a group is like 

A formal Speech

All Knowing Point of View 

A setting in which events in history have occurred

When the author shows what the characters are like through dialogue and action 

The feeling created in a reader by a literary work 

Giving human characteristics to a non-human subject 

The Life Story about a person

Extreme exaggeration 

Emotionally charged words

The difference between appearance and reality 

A Character in conflict with him/herself 

A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. 

Anything in literature that stands for something else

Main character in a literary work. 

Writing about REAL people, places, and events