6th grade Literary Terms

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

A character or force in conflict with the main character

• protagonist
• setting
• Antagonist
• symbol

A struggle between opposing forces. Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself and Man vs. nature.

• resolution
• setting
• plot
• Conflict

Main character in a story

• antagonist
• protagonist
• theme
• tone

A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events

• Flashback
• foreshadowing
• theme
• plot

A line of poetry

• tension
• symbol
• rhyme
• Verse

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

• flashback
• imagery
• foreshadowing
• hyperbole

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

• tone
• verse
• tension
• symbol

An exaggeration

• hyperbole
• irony
• metaphor
• simile

A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

• plot
• tone
• point of view (POV)
• theme