Terms
What term is used when you examine similarities between two or more things, characters, or ideas?
Compare
Which term refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating a mental image for the reader?
Imagery
What do we call the literary device where human characteristics are attributed to non-human entities or objects?
Personification
Which term describes a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unrelated things not using like or as?
Metaphor
Which term is used when you break down a text or a piece of literature to examine its parts and understand how they contribute to the whole?(Hint: starts with an A)
Analyze
Which term involves highlighting the differences between two or more things or ideas?
Contrast
Which term refers to an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
Which term refers to the overall emotional atmosphere or feeling that a literary work conveys to the reader?
Mood
What term describes a play on words, often for humorous effect, using a word or phrase with multiple meanings?
Pun
What is the term for a figure of speech that involves comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
What term describes the struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions in a story?
Conflict
Which term refers to a literary device used to give hints or clues about what will happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
What term refers to the main point or key concept that an author wants to communicate in a piece of writing?
What is the term for a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?
Allusion
What term describes the author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience, as conveyed through the text?
Tone
Which term refers to a situation where there is a marked contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs?
Situational Irony
What do we call the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning rather than explicit information?
Inference
What is the term for the central message or lesson that the author wants readers to take away from a literary work?
Theme
What do we call a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning that differs from its literal meaning?
Idiom
What term describes a situation in a narrative where the audience knows something that the characters do not?
Dramatic Irony
Which term means creative language that goes beyond the literal meaning, including metaphors, similes, and personification?
Figurative Language
Which term refers to the part of the story that introduces background information, setting, events that occurred before the main plot, and other necessary details?
Exposition
Which term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity?
Alliteration
What term describes a coherent and logical series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view?
Argument
What term describes the series of events that build tension and lead to the climax of a story?
Rising Action