Literary terms and techniques

When an author gives a hint of what is happening in the story.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Foreshadowing

A comparison using "like" or "as".  He is angry as a lion.

• Fable
• Idiom
• Simile
• Personification

When the author provides a life lesson, message, or moral.

• Theme
• Plot
• Setting
• Idiom

Events and details of what the story is about.

• Idiom
• Alliteration
• Plot
• Irony

Why the author is writing a particular story or passage.

• Theme
• Evidence
• Plot
• Purpose

What term describes where and when the story takes place.

• Theme
• Setting
• Purpose
• plot

This is where an author makes a statement or presents an idea.

• Claim
• Cause/Effect
• Idiom
• Plot

When the main character tells a story.

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person
• 4th person

This describes the mood of the passage.

• Metaphor
• Plot
• Tone
• Theme

This type of story has animals as the main character of the story and has a lesson/moral.

• Fable
• Myth
• Biography
• Legend