Literary Terms

1. The feelings created in a reader through the literature
3. Sequence of events in a literary work
6. Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect.
7. Repetition of the beginning consonant sound.
9. When something is different than it is supposed to be or thought to be.
12. The part of a story or play that explains the background or makes conflict clear.
15. Time and place of a literary work
17. A comparison of two unlike things using ´like´ or ´as´.
18. Universal message found in a literary work.
19. A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes, or the causes of natural phenomenon.

1. Comparison of two unlike things without using ´like or ´as´.
2. The tying up of loose ends and the end of the story.
4. Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
5. High point in a story, point of most intense interest.
8. The main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward.
10. Problems or complications of a story
11. The person or thing that opposes the protagonist.
13. Words that create images in the mind
14. A story that involves the reader in guessing who committed the crime or deed.
16. The writer or speakers´s attitude towards the subject of the work.