Plot
The series of events in a story
What is Plot?
The most important characters in literary works.
What is the protagonist?
An author's attitude toward their subject or audience, created through word choice and sentence structure.
What is tone?
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as.
What is a simile?
A literary device that reveals a character's personality, values, or motives without stating them directly.
What is indirect characterization?
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
What is Mood?
This type of figurative language is a when the word imitates the sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
Introduces the characters, setting, and normal life
What is exposition?
A literary device where an author explicitly tells the reader about a character's traits, appearance, emotions, job, or background
What is direct characterization?
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
What is theme?
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Involves an individual who struggles against the culture or rules that surrounds them
What is character versus society?
A person, group, or force that opposes the main character
What is an antagonist?
The choice and use of words in writing
What is diction?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A conflict that takes place within a person
What is character versus self?
The term for how an author creates, develops, and reveals the personality, motives, and traits of a character in a story, book, play, or movie.
What is a characterization?
A way of using words or expressions to convey meanings different from their strict, literal definitions
What is figurative language?
The use of objects, characters, colors, or actions to represent abstract ideas, feelings, or concepts beyond their literal meaning.
What is symbolism?