Literature Terms

What is another word for the central character?

What part of the plot introduces the setting and characters?

What part of the plot includes the action after the climax?

Obvious exaggeration

What POV knows the thoughts of only one character?

What point of view is written from the perspective of one of the characters and uses "I"?

When an animal or object is given human qualities

When a character battles laws, traditions, belief systems or cultural norms and expectations

What is something that stands for something else in literature?

What do you call it when the text provides hints about what will happen in the future?

This is when the author depicts the characters through actions, dialogue, etc.

What do you call it when a story mentions characters, events, or language from other stories, history, etc. ? 

This is an internal conflict

Which term describes the narrator's attitude about their topic?

What part of the plot includes the action leading up to the climax?

What literary term means the author's message?

What is the atmosphere of literature; how readers are supposed to feel?

What point of view talks to the reader?

A direct comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use like or as

The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words "Sally sang songs"

What point of view is all knowing about all of the characters?

A comparison between two unlike things that DOES use like or as

What part of the plot wraps everything up?

The sound of a word that illustrates or echoes its own meaning

What is the highest point of suspense and the turning point in the plot?

What term means what happens during the story?

Visually descriptive language is called...