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The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else not using like or as
What is metaphor?
the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject
What is tone?
a character in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
The time and place of action of a story.
What is setting?
A kind of metaphor that gives non-living objects or ideas human characteristics.
What is personification?
the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told
What is point of view?
a figurative language of speech that uses 'like' or 'as' to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
What is simile?
a writing that tells about imaginary characters and events that are not true
What is fiction?
The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader.
What is mood?
the story of the writer's own life, told by the writer
What is autobiography?
a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
What is theme?
a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person
What is biography?
a struggle between opposing forces; central problem of the story
Conflict
Contemporary fiction that is set in the past.
What is historical fiction?
the practice of expressing things, as in art or literature, by means of symbols.
What is symbolism?
also called the turning point in the action of the plot
What is climax?
story written to be performed for an audience
What is drama?
writing that appeals to the senses consists of words or phrases a writer uses to represent the 5 senses.
Imagery
surprising between what one would normally expect and what the real thing or situation is. one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.
What is irony?
figure of speech that is exaggeration or overstatement
What is hyperbole?
the outcome of the conflict in a plot
What is resolution?
makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unalike
What is analogy?
a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative
What is rising action?
A synonym for form or type when referring to literature a particular type, sort, or category.
What is genre?