LITERARY TERMS SEMESTER 1

A simile is

• the point in the plot that creates the greatest intensity

• A smiley face emoji

• A comparison of two unlike objects NOT using the words "as" or "like"

• A comparison of two unlike objects using the words "as" or "like"

Setting is

• the dishes used in a novel

• the time and place in a novel

• a direct comparison of two things

• the ending or denouement of a anovel

Plot is

• the sequence of events in a story

• the antagonists in a story

• the ending of a story

• transitional words in a story

Point of view is

• the vantage point from which a story or poem is told

• First person

• Second person

• The person omniscient

• All of the above

Personification is

• a person to person dialogue

• words that imitate sounds

• attributing human qualities to an inanimate object

• characters in a novel who have a conflict

Onomatopoeia is

• a funny word that has no meaning

• a centipede in the poem/ story

• ono food that one wants to eat

• words that imitate sounds

Alliteration is

• the same sound in the sequence of words, usually at the beginning

• all the characters in a novel

• the place and time in a story

• the ending of a story/ novel

Hyperbole is

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore

• I can eat a horse

• My love is like a red rose

• I don't know what it is

Climax is

• the maximum amount of words in a story

• the beginning of a story

• the highest, most exciting part in a story

• the vantage point from which a story is told

Tone is

• the author's attitude toward his/ her subject

• the character's feeling

• organization of the story

• only in fictional stories