Literary Terms

2. Use of clues to hint at what might happen in the story.
3. A widely told story about the past, one that may or may not have a foundation in fact.
4. Language used to appeal to the senses.
5. A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of an epic hero.
6. Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture.
7. A character who exhibits extraordinary powers of strength, courage, or intelligence.
8. A traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon.

1. Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
5. Adjective or descriptive phase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place or thing.