A figure of speech where something is written about as if it were something else. Two unlike things are compared but have similar qualities. Example, "she was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away."
What is Metaphor
100
Something that represents itself and stands for something else. The color black as an example can mean evil or depression.
What is symbol
100
When the word is spelled like the sound it makes.
What is onomatopoeia
100
Sometimes called the turning point, it is the highest point of suspense to interest in a story.
What is climax
100
Words or phrases that paint a picture in the mind of the reader. Without it stories would be uninteresting.
What is imagery
200
Event leading to the climax. They come after the central conflict and before the climax.
What is Rising Action
200
A story that explains objects or natural occurrences in the world, they often include gods, goddesses or heroes.
What is myth
200
The main character in a literary work
What is protagonist
200
The time and place of the action
What is setting
200
A point of view where the narrator only relates the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is 3rd person limited
300
A character that apposes the protagonist.
What is antagonist
300
A struggle between two posses forces.
What is conflict
300
A comparison between two unlike things using the words like, as or than. An example, "she is faster than the wind."
What is simile
300
A conflict where a person has conflict struggles within his own mind.
What is internal conflict
300
The dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotation
400
The feeling in the reader created by a literary work by using devices such as images, dialogue, and the setting.
What is mood
400
Lines in a poem that are grouped together. In essays we call them paragraphs, in poems we call these...
What is stanza
400
A story about a person's life written by that person.
What is autobiography
400
Event leading to the resolution
What is falling action
400
The central message the author the author tries to get across to his readers in a literary work. It makes a statement about how people react with each other.
What is theme
500
The "feeling" or emotional association that is attached to some words
What is connotation
500
An over-exxaggeration used to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole
500
An ending or resolution that is unexpected
What is surprise ending
500
Often called the denouement or "unknotting or untying" of the conflict
What is resolution
500
The sequence of event in a literary work. It begins with the exposition