Terms
A quality that reveals the attitudes of the author.
Tone
A characteristic state of feeling.
Mood
The context and environment in which something is situated.
Setting
A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity.
Metaphor
A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things.
Simile
Attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas.
Personification
A transition in a story to an earlier event or scene.
Flashback
Something visible that represents something invisible.
Symbol
The act of providing vague advance indications.
Foreshadowing
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word.
Alliteration
Extravagant exaggeration.
Hyperbole
This is an example of which term:
boom! bang! pop! wham! whizz!
Onomatopoeia
Using words that imitate the sound they denote.
Onomatopoeia
Someone who offers opposition.
Antagonist
The principal character in a work of fiction.
Protagonist