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| a story references actual historical events through themes and accurances |
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| consequtive words that start with the same sound |
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| a similarity between like features of two things, two examples that are used to compare to help one understand what they mean. ex: cat is to dog as bear is to fish |
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| causes conflict for the main character, (bad guy) |
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| resemblance of sounds.The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words |
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| the problems that arise in the story |
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| conversation between two or more persons. |
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| a long poem in elevated style narrating the deeds of a hero |
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| to show or indicate beforehand, to give a hint or suggestion or beforehand |
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| a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people |
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| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively. the art of making images |
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| the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance between them |
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| a state or quality of feeling at a particular time, a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude |
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| a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc. |
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| the formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. |
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| the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. |
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| the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
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| a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, |
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| something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial |
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| a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work |
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