Definition 1
The feeling a reader gets from a story
Mood
The central idea or lesson about life a story conveys
Theme
Characterization
The events that occur in a story
Plot
Crackle
Onomatopoeia
The language the author uses to create the story
Style
Where and when a story's action takes place
Setting
Who the narrator is and what the information he or she provides
Point of View
A struggle a character must overcome
Conflict
The Fire Department fearlessly fights fires.
Alliteration
Saying one thing, but meaning something very different, usually the opposite
Irony
a comparison of two things that is more detailed than a simile or a metaphor
Analogy
Saying a thing is LESS than it is, generally to be humorous
Understatement
Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human
Personification
I've told you a thousand times!
Hyperbole
A comparison of two different things that does not use a connecting word
Metaphor
Simile
An exaggeration or overstatement used to emphasize a point
Hyperbole
Words that imitate real sounds
Onomatopoeia
Her hair was like a rat's nest.
Simile
The repeating of the same beginning sounds in a group of words
Alliteration
A saying whose meaning cannot be understood from the individual words in it
Idiom
To make an overstatement or to stretch the truth
Exaggeration
Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special feeling or effect
Figurative Language
The waves licked the sand.
Personification