Literary Terms
Literary Terms
100

Placing two or more images, things, or ideas close together to emphasize the difference between them. 

Juxtaposition(noun)

Juxtapose(verb)

200

The overall feeling of a scene for the reader created by the author

Mood

200

The word choice and style of language used by an author or character

Diction

300

The author's attitude or feeling towards the topic they are writing about. This is revealed through words and sentence structure. 

Tone

300

To give an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

Foreshadow

400
In this type of narration, the narrator is not a character

third person 

400

A feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen next

Suspense

500

In this type of narration, the narrator is all-knowing about characters and events

Omniscient Narrator

500

This type of narrator addresses the reader directly, even though he is not in the story

Intrusive narrator

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