Lit Terms review 9

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar work, person or event

• allusion
• genre
• dialect
• illustration

A category used to classify literary works by form, technique or content

• biography
• genre
• onomatopoeia
• graphic organizer

exaggeration or overstatement for effect

• personification
• hypothesis
• hyperbole
• imagery

a story expressed orally or in writing

• narrative
• exposition
• informative
• allusion

an object or abstract idea given human qualities

• myth
• oxymoron
• personification
• alliteration

time and place of a story or play

• rising action
• exposition
• setting
• point of view

How an author writes and uses language

• style
• free verse
• literary device
• point of view

the attitude of the author shown in the writing

• paraphrasing
• conflict
• tone
• irony

language that cannot be taken literally because it was written to create a special effect or feeling

• autobiographical
• figurative
• informative
• free verse

the essential techniques in literature (characterization, theme, plot, etc.)

• suspense
• figures of speech
• analogy
• literary elements