Literary Terms
The people in a story.
Characters
A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Uses words “like” or “as.”
Simile
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
Rhetorical Question
A rhyme of a piece of poetry, determined by the number of length of feet in a line.
A meter
Telling a story from your prospective is a ______
Narrator
"The simplest questions are the hardest to answer" is an example of ______
Aphorism
A reference to a well-known event, person, or object to create a connection.
Allusion
The author's attitude towards the subject of a literary work.
Tone
Is a display of faulty reasoning that makes an argument invalid, or a faulty belief based on an unsound argument.
Fallacies
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” Is an example of this_____
Rhetorical Question
A literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things
Personification
An appeal to emotions in persuasive writing.
Pathos
The underlying main idea of a literary work that involves a statement or idea about the subject.
Theme
A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh.
Anecdote
A direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually using like or as.
Simile
"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of _____
Personification
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written in order to enhance a piece of literature.
Repetition
A brief statement that expresses a general truth such as "If it’s not broken don’t fix it."
Aphorism
He was a cheetah is an example of ______
A metaphor
A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.
A satire
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Rhyme Scheme
The sequence of events in a literary work.
Plot
An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.
Ethos
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme that form a unit. A universal truth.
Couplet
Extreme exaggeration for the purpose of added meaning.
Hyperbole