Literary Terms1
When two unlike things are compared
metaphor
The perspective from which a story is told
point of view
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
Sayings not meant to be taken literally
Idioms
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work
mood
Your thoughts on a subject that are not facts.
Opinion
In literature, refers to the step-by-step process wherein an author introduces and then describes a character
Characterization
What the text is mainly about.
central idea/main idea?
The all-knowing narrator: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person
3rd person (omniscient)
"Sound" words (Bam! Creak!)
onomatapoeia?
OST paragraph writing method
ICE (Introduce, cite, explain)
The use of words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
Simile
The only pronoun that is capitalized.
"I"
Tension or problem between opposing forces
conflict
First sentence in a paragraph (usually)
topic sentence
a feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning
connotation
Hyperbole
exaggeration
A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
Personification
Punctuation at the end of a "general" sentence.
a period
The sun smiled is an example of...
personification
Person vs. Nature
external conflict
The "C" in ICE.
a citation/cite
Idioms, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, and hyperbole are examples of . . .
figurative language
A direct comparison between two unlike things NOT USING LIKE OR AS
metaphor
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
rhyme
a quality in an author's voice which shows what they are feeling or thinking
tone
An educated guess in literature
inference
Where a story/text takes place
setting
How YOU feel about a text when reading it
mood
When was TRIS founded?
2003
Person vs. Self
internal conflict
5-7 sentences centered around one idea.
paragraph
Characters in a novel that change from the beginning to the end
dynamic characters
to make a well informed guess
infer