Terms for test

The use of sensory words to describe an object or person

• personification

• imagery

• tone

• simile

The message or lesson in a story; a universal truth

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• theme

How the author chooses to write a story; the perspective from which the author presents the story

• point of view

• tone

• conflict

• setting

Comparing two different without a comparison word such as "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

A form of figurative language in which an idea, object, or animal is given human characteristics

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

The author's attitude toward the topic

• tone

• theme

• plot

• conflict

The time and place in which the action of the story takes place

• plot

• theme

• setting

• conflict

The sequence of events that make up a story

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• point of view

Comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• personification

The problem in a story; a major struggle between characters or opposing forces

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• theme