Literary Device#1
a particular type or category of literature or art
What is Genre
the final outcome of the untangling of events in a story
What is resolution
the main character of a story
What is protagonist
A comparison between two different things using "like" and "as"
What is simile
the angle or perspective in which the story is told using first-person pronouns: I, me, we
What is 1st-person point of view
The time and location a story takes place
What is setting
an action, object or event that expresses or represents a particular idea
What is symbolism
the opposing character to the protagonist
What is antagonist
The opposition of a character in literary work that is with in themself
What is character vs self
the angle or perspective in which the story is told using second-person pronoun: you
What is 2nd-person point of view
the sequence of events in a story or play
What is plot
The main message of a literary work.
The universal truth.
Often reads like a fortune cookie
What is theme
a method used by a writer to develop a character.
What is Characterization
a brief reference to a person, event, place, or to a work of art, real or fictitious
What is Allusion
the story is told using a narrator who is located outside the action of the story. Uses third-person pronouns: he, she, his, her, they.
What is 3rd-person narration
the beginning of a story - the setting and characters are revealed
What is exposition
descriptive language used to appeal to a reader’s five senses
What is imagery
The repetition of initial sounds in the neighboring words, beginning of the consonants
What is alliteration
giving human characteristics to inanimate object
What is Personification
Technique of using language effectively and persuasively (ethos, pathos, logos)
What is Rhetoric
the highest point of interest and the turning point in a story
What is Climax
incongruity between what might be expected to what actually happens
What is Irony
a deliberate and obvious exaggeration
What is hyperbole
Comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be"
What is Metaphor
Appeals to audience based on ethic credibility or author
What is ETHOS
the atmosphere of the story - created by setting, voice, tone, and theme
What is mood
attitude of the author towards a subject and/or toward the audience implied in a literary work
What is Tone
the opposition of forces that ties one incident to another and moves the plot forward
What is Conflict
a hint of what will happen
What is Forshadowing
a formation of words from a sound associated with what is named
What is Onomatopoeia