Figurative Language
This literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This term describes the character from whose perspective a story is told.
What is the narrator?
This sound device involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
This term refers to the problem or struggle that drives a story's plot.
What is conflict?
This term refers to the process of revealing a character's personality through actions, dialogue, or other indirect means.
What is indirect characterization?
This is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to non-human things.
What is personification?
This literary device hints at future events in a story, creating anticipation or tension.
What is foreshadowing?
This literary device is a form of word play where words imitate the sounds they represent.
What is onomatopoeia?
This term describes the turning point of a story, often the most intense moment.
What is the climax?
This term refers to the process of revealing a character's personality through explicit description or exposition.
What is direct characterization?
This device involves an exaggeration for effect, often used for humor or emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
This is a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
What is a flashback?
This is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
What is assonance?
This is the literary term for the events following the climax leading to the resolution.
What is falling action?
This term describes a character who undergoes significant change throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
A metaphor is a common figurative language device. What is the term for a metaphor that extends over several lines or throughout a literary work?
What is an extended metaphor?
This technique involves starting a story in the middle of the action.
What is in medias res?
This term describes the repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words.
What is consonance?
This term describes the main character's journey or change in a story, often involving growth or transformation.
What is character development?
This term refers to a character who remains consistent in personality and traits throughout the story.
What is a static character?
This figurative language device is a complex metaphor that forms the underlying theme of a poem or literary work.
What is a conceit?
This literary technique reveals details about past events through the dialogue of characters or by the narration without explicitly depicting those events.
What is exposition?
This device is a poetic technique in which words within a line of poetry or at the ends of lines rhyme.
What is internal rhyme?
This term describes the final resolution or outcome of a story or play.
What is dénouement?
This is a type of character who serves as a model for a particular archetype, such as the "hero" or "mentor."
What is a stock character?