literary terms

a category of literature

when two words that are the opposite are put together for effect

when the opposite of what is expected happens

 sarcasm

readers know something that the characters don’t

events turned to the oppositeof what is expected

an extreme exaggeration

a comparison using the words like or as

a comparison that doesn’t use the words like or as

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

a problem in the story

the author’s message or moral of the story

the events of a story

the main idea in an essay

a phrase that means something different than the individual words (not to be taken literally)

writing that tells a story

readers only know what one character is thinking

the part of the story leading to the climax

the time and place where a story occurs

the solution section of the plot

writing that explains something

writing that is designed to convince a reader

one character tells the story using the pronoun “I”

using pronouns we or you

an all knowing point of view

the feeling of a story (sad, happy, nervous)

words and phrases that appeal to the readers senses

 a small section of a bigger piece of writing

the rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables in poems

 interrupting current action to go back to the past

a clue about events to come

writing that is not true

a story whose story represents more than it

 a brief story meant to make a point

the perspective from which the story is told

repeated constant sound at the beginning or within words

repeating a main point