2023 English 10 Literary Analysis Review

a struggle between opposing forces; an obstacle a character works to overcome

• theme

• conflict

• symbol

• mood

the feeling a reader gets from reading a piece of literature

• mood

• tone

• theme

• hyperbole

use of intentional exaggeration to express strong emotion or create comic effect

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• conflict

• theme

an object that stands for or represents something beyond its literal meaning

• conflict

• theme

• tone

• symbol

the attitude the speaker conveys in a piece of writing

• symbol

• theme

• tone

• conflict

the central idea or insight revealed by story or poem; the message the writer wants readers to discover

• tone

• theme

• conflict

• personification

a reference to a well-known story or event that readers are expected to understand

• onomatopoeia

• theme

• allusion

• inference

a word’s literal, dictionary definition

• denotation

• connotation

• inference

• metaphor

the idea or emotion a word suggests (rather than its literal meaning)

• denotation

• connotation

• theme

• imagery

a writer’s reason or intention for writing

• purpose

• conflict

• tone

• simile