Literary Terms

The repetition of initial sounds in neighbouring words, eg. "The sweet smell of success."

• Climax

• Alliteration

• Character

• Onomatopeia

The problem between two opposing forces in a story

• Conflict

• Personification

• Symbol

• Protagonist

The use of words to imitate sound. Bang! Boom!

• Personification

• Onomatopeia

• Setting

• Non- fiction

A comparison between two different things in order to create new meaning. The comparison uses the words 'like' or 'as'. His hands were like sandpaper.

• Metaphor

• Smilie

• Personification

• Alliteration

Human qualities are given to an inanimate object. "The wind exhaled."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

One of the people (or animals) in a story is called:

• Person

• Character

• Fiction

• Plot

The genre that refers to a story that is made up from the authors imagination.

• Non fiction

• Fiction

• Setting

• Plot

The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.

• Plot

• Character development

• Setting

• Conflict

The main character in a story.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Character

• Plot

The way the author develops a character in fiction in known as:

• Plot

• Character

• Characterization

• Personalities