English Terms Allegory to Mood

A story in which peopled, things and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life; often has a moral or lesson

• Allegory

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words

• Antagonist

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

The person or thing working against the protagonist

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Plot

• Characterization

A type of persuasive writing in which logic or reason is used to try to influence the reader's ideas or actions

• Figurative language

• Euphemism

• Argument

• Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds that rhyme or have the same sound

• Assonance

• Allusion

• Flashback

• Euphemism

The intent of literary work...persuade, instruct, inform, explain, entertain etc.

• Author's purpose

• Figurative language

• Simile

• Oxymoron

One-sided or slanted view that expresses either a preference for something or a dislike for something (subjective not objective)

• Bias

• Conclusion

• Characterization

• Conflict

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

• Setting

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Hyperbole

The emotional quality or atmosphere of a work of literature

• Theme

• Bias

• Tone

• Mood

A comparison of two different things without using the words like or as (She is the apple of my eye)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole