Literary Terms

when nonhuman subjects are given human characteristics

the struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story

an attitude of a writer toward a subject

anything that stands for or represents something else

when all the conflicts in the story are resolved

when you compare two things WITHOUT using like or as

a voice outside the story tells the story and the reader can tell what all characters feel

the use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story

the character or force in conflict with the main character

the feeling or emotion in the reader

the time and place of the action in a literary work

the main character

the central message

comparing two things using "like" or "as"

the sequence of events, or what happens in a story

when a character tells the story and the reader only knows what the character feels and thinks

the most exciting point in a story

the use of words that imitate sounds

an exaggeration

the repetition of an initial consonant sound