Lit Terms & Parts of Speech 1
Lesson learned in a story
Theme
Interruption in the story to relate to an earlier event
Comparison USING like or as
Simile
Highest point of action in a story
Climax
Clues about what will happen in the future
Foreshadowing
Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
Personification
Time & place of a story
Setting
A character tells the story
1st Person Point of View
same letter or sound at the beginning
Alliteration
Sequence of events in a story
Plot
This terms DESCRIBES a noun
Adjective
Struggle or problem in the story
Conflict
Educated guess based on hints & clues
Inference
Contrast between what is expected to happen and actually happens
Irony
Vantage point from which the story is told
Point of View
Comparison between unlike objects NOT using like or as
ACTION words (walk, talk, run)
Verb
A person, place, or thing
Noun
Overly exaggerated
Hyperbole
Not to be taken literally (Raining cats & dogs)
Idiom
In, at, under, for
Preposition
Slowly, quietly, soon
Adverb
Methods used to show a character’s personality
Characterization
I, you, he, she
Pronoun
Conversation between characters
Dialogue