Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic relief
Hyperbole
100
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
Alliteration
100
Type of character that changes in some important way as a result of the story's action
Dynamic Character
100
Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as
Metaphor
200
Character or force that blocks the protagonist
antagonist
200
Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself
Symbolism
200
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character
Tone
200
Word of group of words that contradict themselves
Oxymoron
200
Feeling in a work or literature
Mood
300
All-knowing narrator that plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening in other places
third person omniscient
300
Type of character that does not change much in the course of the story
Static Character
300
Struggle within a character
Internal Conflict
300
A writer's aim or goal
Author's Purpose
300
Occurs as the conflict is developed is developed and intensified
Rising Action
400
Type of character with only one or two personality traits
flat character
400
Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
400
Type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is given human qualities
Personification
400
Central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature
Theme
400
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
Simile
500
Writer tells us directly what the character is like
direct characterization
500
Theme that must be infered
Implied Theme
500
When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate
Situational Irony
500
Narrator is a character in the story (using the pronoun "I")