8th Grade Lit Terms 11-22

The use of words/phrases that give hints to the reader of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.

• Setting

• Foreshadowing

• Plot

• Flashback

When the author uses words and phrases to create "mental images" for the reader using the five senses.

• Imagery

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Imagery

The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within a reader.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Mood

• Tone

The practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena, or animals.

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Protagonist

• Symbol

The sequence of events and happenings that make up a story.

• Climax

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

The leading character or major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• Protagonist

• Hero

• Conflict

• Antagonist

The time and place of the events in a story.

• Plot

• Setting

• Symbol

• Simile

Comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things using "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Tone

An object that represents something else, usually something more meaningful.

• Motif

• Tone

• Symbol

• Metaphor