Literary Terms Part 3

A struggle a character has within his/her own mind (i.e. when a character struggles to make a drastic decision).

• Internal Conflict

• Rationalization

• External Conflict

• Rising Action

When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens; i.e. the headlines of the newspaper read that a police chief was arrested for committing a crime

• Idiom

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Hubris

A figure of speech where something is written about as if it were something else. Two unlike things are compared, but have similar qualities.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Personification

The feeling a reader gets when they read a story. It is created by the author using literary devices such as images, dialogue, and the setting.

• Tone

• Imagery

• exposition

• Mood

An image or symbol that appears repeatedly in a work of literature.

• Symbol

• Motif

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

The reason why a character acts a certain way or does something.

• External Conflict

• Mood

• Motive

• Internal Conflict

An essay that tells a story, true or fictional, that makes a point.

• Narrative Essay

• Personal Narrative

• Fiction

• Theme

A point of view where the writer is not influenced by personal feelings or opinion in considering and representing facts; it is fact based.

• First Person POV

• Objective POV

• Omniscient POV

• Third Person POV

When a word is spelled like the sound it makes; i.e. "bam," "beep," "smack," etc.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Objective

When two contradictory terms are used together such as "act natural" or "bittersweet."

• Onomatopoeia

• Motive

• Irony

• Oxymoron