Alliteration Definition

The repeated consonant sounds occuring at the beginning of words.

An indirect reference to something of significance

Characterization Definition

Describing the characters physical appearance. The speech and actions of a character. The speech and actions of others.

S - Speech T - Thoughts E - Effect on others A - Actions L - Looks

A struggle between two opposing forces; character vs. character (external), character vs. nature (external), character vs. self (internal), character vs. society (external), character vs. fate (external).

A conversation between characters in a text

Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

When a character thinks back to an earlier time in their life.

Foreshadowing Definition

When the authour gives a hint or a clue earlier on in the story about something that will happen later on.

A character used as a contrast to another character (side kick).

Different categories of text. Can also be used with music.

Concrete details intended to appeal to the five senses.

The opposite of what you mean; sarcasm

The comparison of two unlike things; may be referenced throughout a piece of literature.

Refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.

The person who writes or tells the story.

Nonfiction definition

Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

Onomatopoeia definition

Words that phonetically imitate real sounds.

Personification definition

A figure of speech that gives human traits to non-human objects or animals.

Series of events in a story; plot structure includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

A type of writing that uses literary devices such as lines, stanzas, rhyming and rhythm.

Perspective or vantage point from which a story is told: first person, omniscient third person, limited third person.

The time period, place or environment a story takes place in.

A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

A formal division of lines in a poem considered a unit.

A symbol is an image that usually represents something greater then what it actually is.

The overall message or lesson you take out of a story.

The speaker's attitude towards a subject.

Understatement definition

To make something appear smaller or less important than it really is.

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Question	Answer
Alliteration Definition	The repeated consonant sounds occuring at the beginning of words.
Allusion Definition	An indirect reference to something of significance
Characterization Definition	Describing the characters physical appearance. The speech and actions of a character. The speech and actions of others.
What is STEAL?	S - Speech T - Thoughts E - Effect on others A - Actions L - Looks
Conflict Definition	A struggle between two opposing forces; character vs. character (external), character vs. nature (external), character vs. self (internal), character vs. society (external), character vs. fate (external).
Dialogue Definition	A conversation between characters in a text
Fiction Definiton	Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
Flashback Definition	When a character thinks back to an earlier time in their life.
Foreshadowing Definition	When the authour gives a hint or a clue earlier on in the story about something that will happen later on.
Foil Definition	A character used as a contrast to another character (side kick).
Genre definition	Different categories of text. Can also be used with music.
Hyperbole definition	An extreme exaggeration.
Imagery definition	Concrete details intended to appeal to the five senses.
Irony definition	The opposite of what you mean; sarcasm
Metaphor definition	The comparison of two unlike things; may be referenced throughout a piece of literature.
Mood definition	Refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.
Narrator definition	The person who writes or tells the story.
Nonfiction definition	Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people, places, objects, or events.
Onomatopoeia definition	Words that phonetically imitate real sounds.
Personification definition	A figure of speech that gives human traits to non-human objects or animals.
Plot definition	Series of events in a story; plot structure includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Poetry definition	A type of writing that uses literary devices such as lines, stanzas, rhyming and rhythm.
POV definition	Perspective or vantage point from which a story is told: first person, omniscient third person, limited third person.
Setting definition	The time period, place or environment a story takes place in.
Simile definition	A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
Stanza definition	A formal division of lines in a poem considered a unit.
Symbol definition	A symbol is an image that usually represents something greater then what it actually is.
Theme definition	The overall message or lesson you take out of a story.
Tone definition	The speaker's attitude towards a subject.
Understatement definition	To make something appear smaller or less important than it really is.

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