Literary Terms

2. A comparison between two different ideas or objects
4. Figure of speech in which the author gives human traits, characteristics, emotions, or actions to something that is not human
8. A character, story, or idea that appears again and again in stories.
9. The use of an object or idea that represents something bigger in the story.
11. The use of humor, exaggeration, or irony to expose and criticize something or someone.
13. Language that is designed to evoke one of the five senses
15. A repeated pattern of an image, word, sound, or symbol that keeps occurring in the story.
16. When two words that are opposites are right next to each other

1. Characters and setting are introduced
3. Figure of speech that is an exaggeration or overstatement.
5. The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature
6. The repetition of the first letter or syllable of a group of words near each other.
7. When the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
10. A story or picture that uses symbols as a way to convey hidden meanings.
12. A comparison between two unlike objects or ideas using like or as
14. The author's feelings toward a character shown through diction and word choice