Literature Terms

3. characterization when an author shows you about a character
5. the intense feeling when the audience does not know what will happen
9. the feeling an author sets in a story
10. when the author gives little hints about what will happen in the future
11. conversation between two or more people
12. two characters that actions, thoughts, or ideas oppose each other
14. a comparison of two things not using the words like or as
15. characterization when an author tells you about a character
18. giving human like qualities to an unhuman thing
24. a question where the answer is implied
25. irony when the outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected
26. a scene in a movie or novel set in an earlier time than the main story
28. irony when a character says one thing but really means another
29. irony when the audience knows something one of the characters doesn't know

1. a comparison of two things using the words like or as
2. action where the events are leading up to the climax
4. when the main problem of a story is solved
6. when one thing represents another thing or central idea
7. an extreme exaggeration
8. 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
10. action where the events are following the climax
13. the character that opposes the main character in a story
16. the description of the setting and a story's characters
17. the way an author says something
18. the main character in a story
19. a word that sounds like what it says
20. point of view when the person telling the story is the main character
21. point of view when a person that is not in the story can tell you what one character is thinking, saying, and doing
22. a reference to another literary work, movie, etc. during a different piece of work
23. two characters that actions, thoughts, or ideas compliment or mimic each other
27. the main point or turning point of a story