Comparison between to unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
a word or phrase that designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.
What is a metaphor?
100
attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
What is personification?
100
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
What is alliteration ?
100
Intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect
What is hyperbole?
200
Any person, place or action that represents something else like the stars and stripes on the US flag represent the states
What is a symbol?
200
a preface of introduction to the story, the author's setting forth of the meaning or purpose
What is a prologue?
200
The high and/or turning point in a literary work
What is climax/ turning point?
200
Struggle between forces in a story
What is conflict?
200
an explicit or implicit reference, in a work of literature, to a person, place, or event, or to another literary work or passage
What is an allusion?
300
Pattern or sequence of events in a literary work
What is plot?
300
Story told from the viewpoint of only one person either as a character or someone outside the story
What is limited point-of-view?
300
time and place in which the action of the sotry takes place
What is setting?
300
Words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
300
the main idea or message of the story that the author wants the reader to know; universal truth
What is theme?
400
a main character of the story - often the hero
What is a protagonist?
400
the writer's hints and clues that suggests events that may still occur
What is forshadowing?
400
Contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs
What is irony?
400
an afterward or concluding section usually about the future of the characters
What is epilogue?
400
Rival or enemy of the main character or protagonist
Who is the antagonist?
500
mental uncertainty excitement as to the outcome - a feeling or atmosphere of a literary work
What is suspense?
500
Story where we, the reader, know what all or most of the characters are thinking
What is omniscient?
500
the atmosphere or feel of the story, it may be serious, humorous, satiric; the overall feeling you get when reading a story.
Who is the mood?
500
a character that fits a standard mental picture of what members of a certain group are like
What is stereotype?
500
A section of the story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time; used to give additional information to the reader to help him or her understand the story better