Poetry
Figurative Lanugage
Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
Anything
100

The way a poem is organized.

What are lines and stanzas? or structure?

100
Extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
100
Series of events in the story. Includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
What is Plot?
100
The author's attitude toward the subject which he is writing about.
What is Tone?
100

The author's message or lesson to the reader about life.

What is theme?

200
Language that appeals to the senses. Often creates a mental picture in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
200
Crack, Pop, Bang, Clump are all examples of
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
The struggle between two opposing forces. May be internal or external.
What is conflict?
200
The feeling the reader gets from the selection.
What is mood?
200
To show the similarities between two things.
What is comparing?
300

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and the arrangement of sounds in a poem create this element, which often gives poetry its musical quality.

What is rhythm?

300
Example: The sun is a glimpse of heaven.
What is a metaphor?
300
This includes all the methods by which an author creates a character: descriptions, conversations, what others say about him, how he acts, how people treat him, etc.
What is characterization?
300

the opposite of what you expect to happen

What is situational irony? or What is irony?

300
When an author hints about things that will happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
When a word has the same ending sound as another word.
What is rhyming or what is rhyme?
400
Example - The wind gently kissed her neck.
What is personification?
400

Conversation between characters

What is dialogue?

400

The WAY in which a character speaks. Speech patterns, sound, accent, etc.

What is dialect?

400
When an author makes a reference to a well know person, place, book, movie, etc. For example....Here come Curly, Larry, and Moe.
What is allusion?
500
The repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of words.
What is alliteration?
500
A comparison using like or as. Example: You are as smart as a whip.
What is a simile?
500

A character who undergoes a major change during the story.

What is a dynamic character?

500

The main character of a story

What is the protagonist?

500
The perspective from which the story is told. It may be first, second, third, or third-person omniscent.
What is point of view?
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