Comp II Literary Terms

a person who tells a story, or a voice fashioned by the author to recount a narrative

a distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, etc.

the conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

the main or central character of a work of literature

the feeling the reader gets from a work of literature

refers to words and groups of words that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the words

the author's attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader/audience

the time, place, physical details, and circumstances under which a situation occurs

a statement whose intended meaning is the opposite of its literal one.

the sequence of events in a story

refers to words that do not deviate from their defined meaning

the means through which an author reveals a character's personality - direct or indirect

The opponent or enemy of the main character

language that portrays sensory experiences and appeals to the 5 senses

a person responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature

the perspective from which the story is told

turning point of a narrative work; point of highest tension or drama

describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities/emotions

a struggle between opposing forces; may be external or internal

the outcome of the conflict in a play or story

when 2 unlike things are compared USING LIKE OR AS in order to illuminate a quality of one

a story's main message or moral

a collection of events that tells a story placed in a particular order and recounted 

the comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of them