Literature Terms

4. a question where the answer is implied
5. characterization when an author shows you about a character
8. two characters that actions, thoughts, or ideas compliment or mimic each other
10. the way an author says something
11. a word that sounds like what it says
12. giving human like qualities to an unhuman thing
15. point of view when the person telling the story is the main character
16. point of view when a person that is not in the story can tell you what one character is thinking, saying, and doing
17. conversation between two or more people
18. the feeling an author sets in a story
21. irony when a character says one thing but really means another
22. the description of the setting and a story's characters
24. irony when the outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected
25. action where the events are leading up to the climax
27. characterization when an author tells you about a character
28. a scene in a movie or novel set in an earlier time than the main story
30. a comparison of two things not using the words like or as
31. two characters that actions, thoughts, or ideas oppose each other

1. an extreme exaggeration
2. the main point or turning point of a story
3. the main character in a story
6. action where the events are following the climax
7. when the main problem of a story is solved
9. a comparison of two things using the words like or as
13. when the author gives little hints about what will happen in the future
14. point of view when a person that is not in the story can tell you what all of the characters are thinking, saying, and doing
19. irony when the audience knows something one of the characters doesn't know
20. the intense feeling when the audience does not know what will happen
23. the character that opposes the main character in a story
26. when one thing represents another thing or central idea
29. a reference to another literary work, movie, etc. during a different piece of work