Characterization
The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story through details
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Narrator
The voice or character that tells the story to the reader
Repetition
Repeating something that has been said or written
Simile
Directly compares two things using like, as or then
Theme
The message about human life that is revealed in a literary work; central idea of a work
Tone
Reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Rhyme
Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
Plot
Sequence of related events that make up a story/drama; how the story unfolds
Inference
Logical assumption based on observed facts and one's own knowledge and experience
Mood
Feeling/atmosphere a writer creates for a reader;descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language
Metaphor
Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Personification
Attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Imagery
Language that appeals to the sense and creates pictures in the reader's mind
Allusion
AN expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
Foreshadowing
Use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the story
Oxymoron
Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Symbol
a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself