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| The essential background information at the beginning of a literary work. |
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| The development of conflict and complications in a literary work. |
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| The turning point in a literary work. |
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| Results or effects of the climax of a literary work. |
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| End of a literary work when lose ends are tied up and questions are answered. |
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Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
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| A reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work. |
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| Character that is the source of conflict in a literary work. |
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| Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds. |
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| The manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities. |
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| Struggle between two or more opposing forces. |
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| Direct speech between characters in a literary work. |
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| Word choice to create a specific effect. |
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| Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar. |
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| The method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose to make the present clearer. |
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| Hint of what is to come in a literary work. |
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| Type of category to which a literary work belongs. |
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| Extreme exaggeration to add meaning. |
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| Language that appeals to the five senses. |
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| When the reader or audience knows something a character does not. |
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| When there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs. |
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| When the speaker says one thing but means another. |
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An implied comparison between dissimilar objects.
Ex. Her talents blossomed. |
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Use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning.
Ex. Hiss |
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Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory.
Ex. Living dead. |
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| Figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics. |
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| The sequence of events in a literary work. |
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The vantage point or perspective from which a literary work is told.
1st: Narrator is a character in the story.
3rd: Narrator is outside the story. |
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| The main character of the literary work. |
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| The time and place of a literary work. |
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| A direct comparison of dissimilar objects; usually using like or as. |
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| Voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking. |
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| Standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots and settings. |
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| Technique that keeps the reader guessing what will happen next. |
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| One thing used to represent something else. |
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| The underlying main idea of a literary work. |
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| The author's attitude toward the subject of the work. |
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