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| the repetition of consonant sounds |
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| a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another literary work |
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| a character in the story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character |
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| the method by which an author creates the appearance and personality of a literary character in an attempt to reveal the type of person they are |
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| tension in the story 1.man v. man 2. man v. himself 3. man v. nature |
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| when a word is strongly associated with an emotion or idea |
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| when a word is used literally without associations with emotions or ideas |
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| the specific words the author uses |
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| the author breaking the order of the story line to reveal something that has happpened in the past |
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| a hint or clue to what might happen later |
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| a way to classify literature; a type of literature |
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| an exaggeration to prove a point |
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| describing something by appealing to the five senses. It creates a mental picture. |
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| when the exact oppostie of what you expect to happen happens |
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| comparing two things without using like or as. Saying something is something else |
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| a recurring image, word/phrase, action, object, or situation |
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| a word that imitates the sound of the thing being named |
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| giving human characteristics to things that are not human |
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| a way the events of a sory are conveyed to the reader |
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| time and place of a story |
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| copmaring two objects using like or as |
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| a word or object is used to stand for or represent something else |
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| a common thread of repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work |
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| author's attitude towards the subject |
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| the central or main character of a novel, short story, play or other literary work |
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