Literary Terms 34-43

stage of plot that develops the conflict or struggle

• climax

• rising action

• resolution

• falling action

writing that explores unexpected possibilities of the past or the future, using known scientific data in theories as well as imagination

• fiction

• nonfiction

• science fiction

• simile

time and place a story occurs

• setting

• tone

• character

• plot

comparison of two unlike things using the word "like" or "as"

• idiom

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader

• mood

• tone

• suspense

• theme

main message an author wants the reader to learn

• theme

• mood

• setting

• conflict

expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject

• mood

• voice

• tone

• setting

writer's unique use of language that allows a reader to hear a human personality in the writer's work

• mood

• tone

• voice

• suspense

words an author uses to communicate ideas, describe events, characters, and setting

• voice

• mood

• setting

• word choice

brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

• assonance

• alliteration

• allusion

• autobiography