Key Terms
A literary text lesson or message
Theme
When an author describes an object as if it were a person
Personification
The specific order of a series of events that form a story
Plot
A comparison using like or as
Simile
To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence
Inference
A word that isn't meant to be literal
Metaphor
In most stories there is conflict or problem.This word is the solution to those problems
Resolution
A exaggeration and beyond belief
Hyperbole
Refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of the story
Characterization
A word with a repetition at the beginning of a sentence
Alliteration