The setting
What is the time and place of a story
Onomatopoeia
What is the use of words to imitate sounds, such as "buzz" or "pop"
Conflict
What is the struggle between opposing forces in literature.
Metaphor
What is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
Suspense
What is the growing interest and excitement a reader experiences while awaiting a climax or resolution in a work of literature. Writers create suspense by raising questions in the minds of their readers.
Hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration
Mood
What is the atmosphere or feeling created in the reader by a literary work.
Imagery
What is words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses that writers use to describe how their subjects look, sound, feel, taste, and smell.
Tone
What is the writer's or speaker's attitude toward their subject.
Figurative Language
What is whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else. Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words.