Alliteration
the repetion of the same or very similar constant sounds in words that are close together
allusion
a refrence to a statement a person a place or an even from literature hisory reliegion mythology polotics sports or science
autobigraphy
the story of a persons life written or rolf by that person
biography
the story if a real persons life written or told by another person
character
a person or an animal in a story play or other literary work
conflict
a struggle or class between opposing character or forces
connotation
the feelings and associations that have come to be attached to a word
description
the kind of writing that creates a clear image of something usually by using details that appeal to one or more of the senses
dialect
a way of speaking characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people
dialogue
conversation between two or more characters
fable
a very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral or a real life practical lesson about how to succeed in life
fantasy
imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature as we know them do not operate
figure of speech
a word or phrase that describes onething in terms of something else and is not literally true
flashback
a scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show a past event
folk tale
a story with no known author originallt passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth
foreshadowing
the us of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot
free verse
poetry that is free of a regular meter and rhyme scheme
imagery
language that appeals to the senses sight hearing touch taste and smell
irony
a contrast between what is expected and what really happens
legen
a story usuallt based on some historical fact that has been handed down from on generation to the next
limerick
a humorous five line verse that has meter and ryhme scheme AABBA
main idea
the most important idea expresed in a peice of writing
metaphor
a comparision between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing
mood
the overall emotiuon created by a work of literature
nonfiction
prose writing that deals with real people events and places without changing any facts
onomatopoeia
the use of a word whose sound imitates of suggest its meaning
personificatoin
a special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
plot
the series of related events that make up a story
point of view
the vantage point from which a story is told
ryhme
the repetiotion of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them
rhythm
a musical quality produced by he repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of other sound patterns
setting
the time and place of a story a poem or a play
simile
a comparistion between two unlinke things using a word such as like as than or resembles
speaker
the voice talking to us in a poem1
stanza
in a poem a group of lines that form a unit
symbol
a person a place a thing or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself
tall tale
that gets taller and taller more and more far fetched the more it is toldd and retoldan exaggerated anciful story
theme
an idea about life revealed in a work of literature
tone
the attitude a writer takes toward an audience a subject or a character