Literary terms 1
a form of language that is spoken in a particular place
Dialect
Writer provides hints that suggest future events
Foreshadowing
the main message of a story
Theme
the first event in the plot diagram
exposition
The point of greatest interest in a story
Climax
Writer's account of his or her own life
Autobiography
A dog that talks and dances
Personification
the second event in the plot diagram
rising action
Conversation between two or more characters
Dialogue
Struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
she was like a flower
Simile
the third event in the plot diagram
climax
Sally sipped soda through a straw
Alliteration
India in the late 1800s
Setting
Comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common
Metaphor
the fourth event in the plot diagram
falling action
the true account of a person's life written by another person
Biography
Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words
Idiom
the fifth event in the plot diagram
resolution