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