Unit 1 Narratives

2. extreme exaggeration that's not meant to be taken literally by the reader
3. an interruption in the chronological sequence of events, usually included to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative
6. descriptive language that engages the human senses (smell, sight, taste, sound, touch)
7. irony when the audience or reader understands or knows something that the characters in the story do not.
9. a word that represents a sound and actually resembles or imitates the sound it stands for
11. when an author compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
13. a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human traits
15. irony when the final outcome of a situation is opposite to what was, or might have been, expected.
17. the uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next
18. irony when a speaker says one thing, but actually means the opposite.
19. a spoken or written account of connected events; a story
20. when the author hints to readers about something that will happen later in a story

1. when an author compares two unlike things
4. a reference to a person, place, thing, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar
5. when an author uses a symbol to add deeper meaning to the story
8. the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and refers to characters by their names or by the third-person pronouns like "he," "she," or "they"
10. a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought the box of bricks to the basement.”
12. the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view (using "I" and "me" pronouns)
14. the representation or explanation of the details, traits and motives of a character
16. a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature