A time and place in which a story is told. Characters are shaped by their own geographical circumstances and molded by historical moments

Compares 2 things in an interesting, vivid way, using like or as

Something not human is described as if it had human emotions or characteristics EX: The alarm clock yelled.

Language that appeals to our senses–sight, smell, sound, taste, touch; it conveys tone or attitude of a character or narrator towards a given subject;

Comparison between 2 things otherwise unrelated

A form of expression natural to a language, a person or group of people that cannot be understood by the meaning of the individual words EX: Under the weather

A figure of speech that combines contradictory words EX: Deafening silence, organized chaos

Compares 2 things in an interesting, vivid way, using like or as

Comparison between 2 things otherwise unrelated

A brief purposeful reference to a person, place, event, or other literary text to anchor the characters, or story as a whole, to a broader context and draw connections between the text and the reader

Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met; occurs whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do

Comparison between 2 things otherwise unrelated

a person, animal, place, activity, or object that stands for something beyond itself

Compares 2 things in an interesting, vivid way, using like or as

Occurs when character’s intentions are foiled, when people do certain things to bring about an intended result, but in fact produce the opposite result

Something not human is described as if it had human emotions or characteristics EX: The alarm clock yelled

A figure of speech that combines contradictory words EX: Deafening silence, organized chaos

Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met; occurs whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do

Occurs when a character or speaker tells us something that differs from what they mean, what they intend or the situation requires

A form of expression natural to a language, a person or group of people that cannot be understood by the meaning of the individual words EX: Under the weather

A figure of speech that combines contradictory words EX: Deafening silence, organized chao

A brief purposeful reference to a person, place, event, or other literary text to anchor the characters, or story as a whole, to a broader context and draw connections between the text and the reader

Language that appeals to our senses–sight, smell, sound, taste, touch; it conveys tone or attitude of a character or narrator towards a given subject;

A figure of speech that combines contradictory words EX: Deafening silence, organized chaos

Compares 2 things in an interesting, vivid way, using like or as

A form of expression natural to a language, a person or group of people that cannot be understood by the meaning of the individual words EX: Under the weather

Comparison between 2 things otherwise unrelated

A brief purposeful reference to a person, place, event, or other literary text to anchor the characters, or story as a whole, to a broader context and draw connections between the text and the reader

a person, animal, place, activity, or object that stands for something beyond itself

A time and place in which a story is told. Characters are shaped by their own geographical circumstances, molded by historical moments

Language that appeals to our senses–sight, smell, sound, taste, touch; it conveys tone or attitude of a character or narrator towards a given subjec

Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met; occurs whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do

Something not human is described as if it had human emotions or characteristics EX: The alarm clock yelled.

A form of expression natural to a language, a person or group of people that cannot be understood by the meaning of the individual words EX: Under the weather

Comparison between 2 things otherwise unrelated

Occurs when a character or speaker tells us something that differs from what they mean, what they intend or the situation requires

Occurs whenever a character in a story is deprived of an important piece of information that governs the plot that surrounds them