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| repetition of initial sounds in several consecutive words |
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| a comparison between things that are otherwise unlike |
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| a short account of an interesting event |
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| an event less imprtant than one before it |
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| language that was once common in a particular historic period |
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| the obvious group or single reader to whom the author is writing/targeting |
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| a brief biographical text, usually at the beginning or end of a book that tells about the author's life |
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| an event or happening and it's consequence |
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| the ways in which the author shows how a character changes as the story proceeds |
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| the method used to give the reader information about the character |
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| to arrange according to category or trait |
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| a story's greatest point of conflict |
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| to examine the likenesses and differences of two people, ideas or things (contrast/differences compare/likenesses) |
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| something suggested or implied but not stated |
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| the main source of drama and tension in a story |
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| writing that gives the reader a mental image or picture |
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| a form of figurative language, often referred to as an "expression," it softens what might be considered a straightforward or even untactful comment |
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| a piece of information than can be proven or verified |
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| the insertion of an earlier event out of order in a story |
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| the use of clues to give readers a hint of events that will occur later on |
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| the category/classification of a lit. work (historical fiction, biography, autobiography, fantasy, non-fiction, realistic, fiction, etc.) |
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| a form of figurative language, a phrase that wouldn't make sense out of context (I racked my brains.) |
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| the reader leading to a result using logical reasoning from the text |
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| language that appeals to the senses, often very vivid |
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| the use of words to express the opposite of their literal meaning. When the opposite of what you expect happens. |
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| a story handed down from earlier times, not necessarily verifiable |
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| figurative speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
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| the feeling that the author creates for the reader |
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| the reasons for the behavior of a character |
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| telling a story in writing |
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| the character who tells the story |
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| writing that ridicules or imitates something more serious |
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| figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human traits |
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| the arrangement of events in a story |
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| the perspective from which a story is told |
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| a play on words that are similar in sound, but different in meaning |
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| when the main dramatic conflict is worked out/ from the climax on |
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| a form of figurative language that states the opposite of what one really means |
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| a literary work that pokes fun at individual at an individual or social situation |
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| the placement of story events in the order of their occurrence |
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| the time and place in which the story occurs |
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| figurative speech using "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things |
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| a character whose personality traits represent a group rather than an individual |
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| writing that causes the reader to wonder what will happen next |
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| the use of an object to represent something |
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| an exaggerated story detailing unbelievable events |
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| the main idea of a literary work, the author's message, gereralization about life |
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| the feeling conveyed by the work, style, manner of expression |
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| seemingly contradictory qualities or phrases. Statements seemingly contradictory that later prove to compliment rather then contradict |
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