Literary Terminologies

2. When the opposite of what is expected happens.
6. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person or a thing.
8. Words that imitate sounds (e.g., "buzz," "bang").
10. A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
11. is a figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another, often the opposite of what is being said
14. are techniques that writers use to express ideas, create pictures in the reader's mind, and stir emotions in ways that go beyond the basic meanings of words
16. The people or animals in a story.
17. These are the central ideas or underlying messages in a story, poem, or piece of literature.
18. A struggle between opposing forces in a story.

1. When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
3. The person telling the story.
4. A direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."
5. Scheme: The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem.
7. A form of writing that uses rhythm, meter, and often rhyme to express emotions or ideas.
9. The time or place in which the events in a story occur.
10. Using objects or images to represent bigger ideas or themes.
12. Giving human traits to non-human objects or ideas.
13. The perspective from which a story is told.
15. Written language in its ordinary form (for example, paragraphs) without metrical structure.