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| A struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces. Perhaps a character has to make a choice OR the character must solve a problem, overcome an obstacle, or defeat the antagonist. |
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| An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another. |
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| Writer's language that appeals to the senses. One can "sense" a picture based on what they read through their ability to smell, see, hear, feel, and taste. |
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| A comparison between two unlike things, using words such as "like," "as," "than," or "resembles." |
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| The series of related events that make up a story. |
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| The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place. |
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| The truth about life revealed in a work of literature. |
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| The overall emotion created by a work of literature. |
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| The most important idea expressed in a paragraph or an entire essay. |
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| A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true. |
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| A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing is talked about as if it were human or alive. |
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| A person or animal who takes part in the action of a story, play or other literary work. |
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| The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot. |
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| The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place. |
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| The vantage point from which a story is told. |
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