The time and place of a story's events.
What is SETTING
A non-character who tells us the story
Who is a narrator
What type of figurative language is this: "I jumped as the slender branches reached down and brushed against my shoulder as I rode under the forest trees."
What is PERSONIFICATION
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole
Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar (examples = similies, metaphors, analogies, idioms, etc...)
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
What is Alliteration
When an author uses standardized ideas about characters or settings based on people's preconceived ideas about them
What is STEREOTYPE
The introduction to a book; it often gives background information about the book
What is PROLOGUE
The part of a literary work that happens after the climax or most dramatic part of the plot
What is FALLING ACTION
The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
(buzz, zip, crack)
What is ONOMATOPOEIA