Literary Terms

4. A short narrative, often passed on orally, about good and evil and involving witches, speaking animals and magic.
5. The pattern of events in a drama or narrative.
6. Clever humour; superior mental ability.
7. A word, phrase or sentence that reads the same both forwards and backwards.
10. A detailed story about a person's life written by another person.
13. A simple story or song, often told in dialogue with a refrain or chorus.
15. The meaning the speaker or writer intends to convey is different from the literal meaning.
16. The emotion of a piece of writing created by the writer.
17. A build up of events to capture the attention of the audience until the outcome is revealed.
18. A word with the same or similar meaning as another.

1. A seemingly self-contradictory statement which is in fact expressing the truth.
2. Analyses, judgement and discussion of literary work
3. The central point about which the text is composed.
7. The central character and the focus of the plot; is not always the hero.
8. Sharing the emotional and physical feelings of a literary character.
9. A concluding statement in a literary work; often in the form of a closing speech to the by one of the characters.
11. An assumed name used by an author to conceal his/her identity.
12. Language spoken and understood only by a particular group of people.
14. The place, time and culture in which the action of a narrative takes place.
19. A supernatural explanation of a natural event, often based on cultural beliefs.