Literary Terminology

4. A reference to something outside the narrative
5. Advance indications
6. The time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative takes place
8. A phrase that cannot be understood from the individual meaning of its elements
9. Inconsistent with time and place
10. A particular manner of expression
11. A sudden realization
14. The attribution of human characteristics to things
16. A figure of speech containing an implied comparison
17. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement

1. The act or process of telling a story
2. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning
3. A description of qualities
7. A figure of speech containing an explicit comparison
12. Exaggeration
13. Conversation
15. The way in which something is expressed
16. A dominant theme or central idea