Literary Terms Review 1

The ___________ of a literary work is its central message.

Her home was a prison. America is a melting pot. Examples of:

a regional variety of language distinguished from other regional varieties by features

you are telling how things are different.

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. How the characters feel.

If you compare two things you tell how they are alike.

The flowers begged for water. Lightning danced across the sky.

is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact.

It is a type of speech that compares two or more things that have something in common. 

Wolves and panthers both have 4 legs.

is someone’s view, or belief, or way of thinking about something.

is a word that means the opposite of another.

is a statement that can be proven as true

Extraterrestrials exist.

is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future

The ________________ of a literary work is the time and place of the action. 

The Empire State Building is 1,250 feet tall.

is the author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

It is a figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things. Use the words like or as.

refers to putting events or actions in order. One example is chronological order.

is the telling of stories which are not entirely based upon facts.

is the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play.

Wolves are members of the canine family, but hyenas are members of the feline family.

From Latin, "likeness" or "comparison"Example: Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard.

is a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, is given human qualities

is the main reason that the story or article was written.

His skin was as cold as ice.It felt as hard as rock.She looked as gentle as a lamb.

“tall” - “short”“dark” -“light”

are words that have the same, or almost the same meaning.

The wall was made of rocks.The wall was made of stones.