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Alliteration
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound within a phrase or sentence
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Assonance
The repition of identical or similar vowel sounds gound with or at the end of words and phrases
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Allusion
A direct or indirect reference to a significant person, event, time, or work of literature
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Analogy
Compares similar concepts, characters, or works of literature so the reader better understands a difficult idea
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Consonance
The repition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in a phrase or sentence
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Euphimism
A polite word or phrase used in place of an offensive or crude word or phrase
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Hyperbole
Uses axaggeration to provoke strong emotion, to create humor, or to make a point
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Idiom
An expression that is clear only to those who are familiar with the language of its literal meaning
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Imagery
The use of figurative language to paint a sensory picture for the reader
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Irony
What results when the actual outcome differs from what is expected
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Metaphor
Compares similar things or ideas without using the the words like or as
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Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the action or thing they describe or represent
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Oxymoron
Combines 2 words of contasting meanings to convey a single idea or thought
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Patadox
A statement that initially seems to contradict itself but in fact includes a fundamental truth
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Personification
Attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects, natural forces, animals, or ideas
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Pun
Uses similar or identical sounding words to create an alternate meaning to the sentence in which it is used
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Simile
Compares different things or ideas by using the words like or as
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Antagonist
The character who opposes the central ccharacter causing conflict
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Characterization
Uses direct and indirect methods to describe qualities and features of a person within a literary work
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Climax
Marks the place in a literary work that is the most significant to the main character and to the plot
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Connotation
The emotional, cultural, or suggested meaning thought of when hearing a word or phrase
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Conflict
The struggle between 2 or more forces internal and external that drive the plot
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Dialogue
The representation of conversation within a literary work
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Figurative Language
The use of words to affect a mraning other than the usual or literal meaning of those words
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Flashback
A scene that takes a place earlier than the current time of the story
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Foreshadowing
An occurence, feeling, or object that forewarns of an event and which is only a fully understood in hindsight
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Genre
Describes the various classification of literary works such as comedy, fantacy, or mystery
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Plot
The order in which the author has chosen to convey the events of a literary work
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Point of view
The position from which a literary work is told to the reader
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Resolution or Denouement
The Event in a story that occurs after the climax but before the actual end of the story
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Setting
The location and time period in which the plot takes place
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Style
How the author;s specific use of words makes one's writing distinctive
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Symbol
A thing, person, or place that is presented as a representation of a larger meaning
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Theme
An abstract idea such as ambition, duty, freedom, jealousy, love, and truth that dominates a literary work
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