Literary Terms
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Story Elements
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100
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is Simile?
100
Words that imitate sounds. Such as boom, bang, buzz!
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
Narrator of the poem
What is Speaker?
100
The time and place of the story
What is Setting?
100
The beginning of the story
What is Exposition?
200
A rhyming pattern within or at the end of lines
What is rhyme?
200
Comparing two things saying one is the other not using like or as
What is Metaphor?
200
Dictionary definition actual meaning of the word
What is Denotation?
200
Series of related events that make up a story or drama
What is Plot?
200
Feeling or atmosphere created for the reader
What is Mood?
300
Exaggeration to prove a point
What is hyperbole?
300
Word Choice
What is Diction?
300
Giving human like qualities to non-human objects
What is Personification?
300
The highest point of intensity; the turning point in the story
What is Climax?
300
The events leading to the resolution
What is Falling Action?
400
Painting or describing a picture in the reader's mind using sensory detail
What is Imagery?
400
Message of the poem
What is Theme?
400
Person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself
What is Symbol?
400
Main character in fiction or drama
What is Protagonist?
400
The character or force that blocks the protagonist; usually the villain of th estory
What is Antagonist?
500
Repetition of the starting sounds of words
What is Alliteration?
500
The meanings, associations, or emotions that have come to be attached to words
What is Connotation?
500
Attitude the writer takes toward the subject
What is Tone?
500
A character struggles against and outside force; man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society
What is External Conflict?
500
Details that explain what the character in the novel is like
What is Characterization?
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