Literary Terms 1
The message of the text
Theme
Sound words
Onomatopoeia
Time and place of a story
Setting
Showing the differences between two items and telling how they are the same
Compare/Contrast
When the author goes backwards in time within the story.
Flashback
Comparing two things using like or as
Simile
Comparing two unlike things
Metaphor
The story line: the beginning, middle, and end
Plot
The author's argument: main argument
Thesis
A type of figurative language that allows the reader to be in the moment with the characters
Imagery
The author shares information that is going to happen later in the story
foreshadowing
Giving non-human items human characteristics
Personification
The main character
Protagonist
A telling of events in order
sequence
The telling of the story uses "I, me, my, we..."
1st person
The beginning sounds repeat
Alliteration
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
The person in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Showing how one event can make something happen afterward
Cause and effect
The telling of the story uses "he, she, they..."
3rd person
A reference in literature that calls an idea, event, or text to the readers mind.
Allusion
A character who draws attention to best parts of the main character
Foils in literature
The voice telling the story
Narrator
Giving a dilemma and the answer to that dilemma
Problem and solution
A joke showing the different meanings of a word
pun