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What's the Word?
LIT Device
Miscellaneous
100

the time and place of a story

setting

100

a word or phrase that is used to describe a noun or pronoun

adjective

100

a word or phrase that does not have its normal, every day, literal meaning 

figurative language

100

a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a theme and starting with an indent 

paragraph 

200

the sequence of events that make up a story 

plot

200
an individual feature, fact, or item

detail

200

a comparison using like or as

simile

200

any particular form of language spoken by a group of people 

dialect

300

the highest point of tension or drama in a narrative plot 

climax

300

the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own

plagarism

300

a word or phrase that modifies a verb or adjective 

adverb

300

causing someone to do something through reason or argument; convincing 

persuade

400

the one that opposes the protagonist or main character 

antagonist

400

using words that are vivid and specific to help someone imagine a scene that they didn't witness 

descriptive language 

400

gives the audience hints or signs about the future 

foreshadowing 

400

non-verse writing

prose

500

a brief statement of the main point of something 

summary

500

the author's reason or writing a story 

author's purpose 

500

sentence structure 

syntax

500

a word used to connect clauses or sentences

conjunction