Literary Terms

a story that is passed from person to person by word of mouth

a type of highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life

the character who is telling a story

an atmosphere created in a literary work

repetition of the same sound or letter in a group of words which compose a sentence

the main character in a story

a character or force in conflict with a main character

an account of a person's life written by someone else

a type of literature which combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact

a short story, usually with animals, that teaches a lesson

a literary technique that involves a surprise or interesting contradiction

a figure of speech that compares two unlike objects or ideas using the words like or as

words that imitate sounds

the perspective from which a story is told.  First person or third person are examples.

a lesson taught by a literary work

the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

an element of a story; it's the struggle between opposing forces

a figure of speech which describes non human objects as if they were human

a scene in a story that interrupts the sequence of events

autobiographical writing that deals with the writer's memory

a type of literature such as poetry, prose, and drama

a figure of speech which compares two unlike things

writing that is not true

a person or animal that takes part in a literary work

the story of a person's life written by that person