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| The repetition of similar initial consonant sounds |
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| A reference to a well-known subject, often used to make a comparison |
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| A character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist |
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| The story of a person's life narrated by that same person |
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| A form of non-fiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person |
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| Refers to what someone is like |
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| the quality of a character |
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| The highest point of action in a story, often the turning point |
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| The outcome of a series of events |
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| A problem or struggle between two or more forces |
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| The time when all the final mysteries or questions are answered |
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| The writer directly states the character's traits or characteristics |
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| Writing meant to be performed by actors on a stage |
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| A character who changes over the course of a story |
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| Provides background for the story |
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A problem or struggle between a character and an outside force
Ex: Character vs. character, group, nature, society, or fate |
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| A brief story, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson or a moral |
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| The results of the climax |
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| Writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
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| First Person Point of View |
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| The events are told by a character in the story |
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| A section in a literary piece that interrupts the sequence of events in order to relate an earlier incident or set of events |
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| A story composed orally then passed down through word of mouth |
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| An author's use of hints or clues to give a reader an idea of what may happen next |
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| Poetry that has irregular lines and may or may not rhyme |
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| A vague or indefinite statement that is made to cover many cases |
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| use of extreme exaggeration |
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| A word or phrase which means something different from what it says - it is usually a metaphor |
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| Words or phrases that appeal to the senses and help to create a vivid description for the reader |
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| The point where the action or conflict begins, also called the "narrative hook" |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| The writer allows the reader to draw his/her own conclusions as to what a character is like |
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| A conclusion drawn by the reader based on available information |
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| A problem with a character (character vs. self) |
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| The part of the story where the reader first learns about the main characters, the setting, and storyline |
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| A situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur or exist does occur or exist |
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| A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else |
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| The atmosphere or feeling an author creates within the piece of writing |
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| A lesson taught by a literary work |
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| A reason that explains or partially explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech |
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| A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature |
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| Writing or speech that tells a story |
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| Poetry that tells a story |
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| The speaker or character who is telling the story |
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| Writing that tells about real people, places, objects, or events |
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| Details that are factual and true to life |
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| A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes |
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| The close placement of words having opposite meanings to create a unique description |
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| A short tale that illustrates a universal truth, a belief that appeals to all people of all civilizations |
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| A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics |
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| The sequence of events in a literary work |
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| Expressive writing that may use rhythm and rhyme to convey emotion; uses stanzas |
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| The perspective from which a story is told |
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| The main character in a literary work |
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| The repeated use of words or phrases in order to emphasize a point |
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| The characters problems are solved |
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| A close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of verse in a poem |
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| A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
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| A flow in music or poetry of regular accented beats |
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| The narrator tells the story to another character using "you"; lease common point of view |
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| The time and location of the events described in a literary work |
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| A comparison between two things, using "like" or "as" |
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| The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem |
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| A group of lines in a poem |
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| A character who does NOT undergo change over the course of a story |
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| Details that reveal the author's feelings, attitudes, or judgments |
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| Anything that stands for or represents something else |
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| A central message, idea, or concern that is expressed in a literary work |
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| Third Person Point of View |
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| The events are told by someone outside the story |
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| Third Person Limited Point of View |
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| The narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character |
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| Third Person Omniscient Point of View |
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| The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story |
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| The attitude of an author toward the subject that he/she is writing about |
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