Language Arts Vocabulary

The writer or the speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work

Words that create images in the mind

Struggle that takes place inside the body and or mind

Giving human characteristics to non-human things (ex: the leaves kissed the tree)

The feelings created in a reader through the literature

Pits the protagonist against a natural force

The intense feeling that the audience goes through while waiting for the outcome

A character struggles to overcome personal issues

struggle that takes place outside of the body

The protagonist battles an unjust element of government or culture

The narrator tells the story by addressing the reader using "you" and "your."

When something is different than it was thought to be

Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

An often universal message about life found in literature

Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect.

The narrator is in the story (pronouns: I, me, we)

The action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.

Two societies are pitted against each other

The protagonist is directly against another character with apparent opposing aims

A comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as'.

A person in a story

Clues that suggest events yet to come

The time and place of a literary work

The way an author reveals his characters

The person or thing that opposes the protagonist

Conversation carried on by one or more characters

The use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur

The sequence of events in a literary work

The leading character or one of the major characters