The repetition of initial consonant sounds in lines of poetry or prose.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

The methods an author uses to create and develop fictional characters.

A struggle between opposing forces.

When the action of a story reverts to an earlier time.

The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

Descriptive language that appeals to any of the reader’s five senses (sight, taste, smell, touch, sound).

Literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result.

There is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true.

An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.

A character uses words that suggest the opposite of what is meant. (Also called SARCASM)

a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. (does not use like or as)

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

The perspective from which a story is told.

Story being told by a narrator who is a character in the story.

The narrator is not a character, usually the narrator will tell the story through the eyes of a main character.

omniscient third person

The story is told by an all knowing narrator, tells how every character feels.

Writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, place, or events.

The use of words to illustrate sounds.

A phrase in which two seemingly opposite things are put together.

When a nonhuman subject is given characteristics.

repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

The pattern of beats, or stresses in spoken or written language.

Details of time and place in a work of literature.

Figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas.

A long speech in a play expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.

A form of division in a poem, considered as a unit.

Anything that stands for or represents something else.

The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

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Literary Terms

Term	Definition
alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds in lines of poetry or prose.
allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
characterization	The methods an author uses to create and develop fictional characters.
conflict	A struggle between opposing forces.
fiction	A story that is not true.
flashback	When the action of a story reverts to an earlier time.
foreshadowing	The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
hyperbole	A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
imagery	Descriptive language that appeals to any of the reader’s five senses (sight, taste, smell, touch, sound).
irony	Literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result.
dramatic irony	There is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true.
situational irony	An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.
verbal irony	A character uses words that suggest the opposite of what is meant. (Also called SARCASM)
metaphor	a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. (does not use like or as)
mood	The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
narration	The perspective from which a story is told.
first person	Story being told by a narrator who is a character in the story.
limited third person	The narrator is not a character, usually the narrator will tell the story through the eyes of a main character.
omniscient third person	The story is told by an all knowing narrator, tells how every character feels.
nonfiction	Writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, place, or events.
onomatopoeia	The use of words to illustrate sounds.
oxymoron	A phrase in which two seemingly opposite things are put together.
personification	When a nonhuman subject is given characteristics.
rhyme	repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
shythm	The pattern of beats, or stresses in spoken or written language.
setting	Details of time and place in a work of literature.
simile	Figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas.
soliloquy	A long speech in a play expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
stanza	A form of division in a poem, considered as a unit.
symbol	Anything that stands for or represents something else.
tone	The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

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