Definitions
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or accented syllables
The ______ tells the story.
Narrator
a lion speaking in a story
Personification
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
Mood
Disaster
Tragedy
Conflict
struggle between opposing forces. The struggle can be external or internal
The _______between two characters conversation.
Dialogue
“Waking is dreaming”
Paradox
Is the central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work.
Theme
Opponent
Antagonist
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect
He had a _________ of the war, and is diagnosed with PTSD
flashback
Alice in Alice and Wonderland
Protagonist
a division, or type, of literature. Literature is commonly divided into three major types.
Genre
Mockery
Parody
Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
The characters _____________ of the problem gives him a different outlook on the situation.
Point of View
Playing a baseball game in the mountains.
Setting
a story told in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama. Classified by their content or purpose.
Narrative
Resemblance
Analogy
Foil
a character who provides a contrast to another character
The stories _______ is always at the beginning of the story.
Prologue
Sweet pet by day, hunter by night.
Verse
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Elegy
Ridicule
Satire