Literary Terms
When two unlike things are compared
What is metaphor
The perspective from which a story is told
What is 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
when an author uses an object, person, color, or situation to mean more than its literal sense
symbolism
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.
What is central idea/main idea?
The all-knowing narrator: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person?
What is 3rd person (omniscient)?
"Sound" words (Bam! Creak!)
What is onomatapoeia?
the specific internal and external qualities, values, and habits that define a person's personality
character traits
"Break a leg" is an example of what figurative language?
Idiom
A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
Simile
the overall feeling, emotion, or "vibe" of a story
atmosphere
Tension or problem between opposing forces
What is conflict?
blends fast-paced plot tension with deep character study, rich language, and complex themes
suspense in literature
a feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning
What is connotation?
Hyperbole
What is exaggeration?
A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
Personification
a literary device where a writer gives an advance hint, clue, or warning about an event that will happen later in a story.
foreshadowing
The sun smiled is an example of...
What is personification?
Person vs. Nature
What is external conflict?
the intentional and deliberate use of specific tools, techniques, and literary devices by a writer to compose a text, shape meaning, and evoke an emotional response from the reader
authors craft
Idioms, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, and hyperbole are examples of . . .
What are figurative language?
A direct comparison between two unlike things NOT USING LIKE OR AS
What is a metaphor?
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme?
a quality in an author's voice which shows what they are feeling or thinking
What is tone?
An educated guess in literature
What is inference?
Where a story/text takes place
What is setting?
How YOU feel about a text when reading it
What is mood?
a brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, work of literature, or art
Allusion
Person vs. Self
What is internal conflict?
"Oh, thanks for the flowers. Aren't you a Romeo"
Allusion
"Time is a thief."
metaphor
"I have told you a million times."
hyperbole