Literary Terms 11-20

language that appeals to the senses

• imagery

• irony

• novel

• plot

the vantage point from which a story is told

• metaphor

• irony

• plot

• point of view

a conclusion that can be drawn from hints, clues, or other info

• narrative poem

• inference

• novel

• onomatopoeia

a contrast between expectation and reality

• imagery

• plot

• narrative poem

• irony

a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• plot

• metaphor

• simile

• point of view

a poem that tells a story

• narrative poem

• free verse

• alliteration

• novel

a long fictional story whose length is between 100 and 500 book pages, usually

• novel

• poem

• autobiography

• stanza

use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (whoosh, boom, thump, beep, vroom)

• conflict

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

the series of related events that make up a story

• antagonist

• conflict

• plot

• exaggeration

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• personification

• allusion

• denotation

• plot