Final Exam Review

A struggle between two opposing forces

Ordinary form of written language

Event that sets the plot in motion

Descriptive language used to create word pictures for the reader.

Makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but unalike.

Events that lead to the climax

Time and place of the action

The classification of literature to which a piece of work belongs.

The use of the same word, phrase, or sound more than once for emphasis.

Makes a reference to something in history, religion, or literature.

Central character who faces an obstacle in the story.

Used creatively by the writer and is not meant to be taken literally.

Compares two or more things using like or as.

When the character in the story tells the story him/herself.

An event that occurs that directly contradicts the expectation of the audience or characters.

Vantage point from which the story is told.

Beginning of a story; establishes the setting and introduces the characters

Compares two things without using like or as.

The atmosphere of a story.

Occurs after the climax of the story when the author ties up loose ends.

Central to the action of a story.

Words used to suggest the opposite of what is said.

The narrator only has knowledge of the characters by what they say and do.

The turning point of the story.

The practice of giving human characteristics to nonliving things.

The use of similar grammatical patters to express ideas that are related or equal importance

When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one main character.

A character or force causing a problem in the story.

When the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the main characters 

Sequence of events in a literary work from the exposition to the resolution

A speaker or character who tells the story to the reader. 

Used when the writer means exactly what he/she states in words.

Literary device that calls attention to the difference between appearance and reality.

The end.