Figurative Language and Narrative Terms

language that appeals to the reader’s 5 senses. (touch, taste, smell, hearing, seeing)

• protagonist
• sensory language
• setting
• alliteration
• characterize

The repeating of the beginning sound in all or most of the words in a sentence or phrase

• alliteration
• characterize
• dialogue
• figurative language
• simile

language that expresses something beyond its literal meaning

• alliteration
• external conflict
• figurative language
• hyperbole
• internal conflict

the time and place of the action in a literary text

• sensory language
• setting
• simile
• external conflict
• characterize

to describe the traits (physical and personality) of a character

• alliteration
• characterize
• external conflict
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

An extreme exaggeration

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• hyperbole
• setting
• plot

a figure of speech in which two things are compared by using the words like or as

• alliteration
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• personification

The main character in a literary text

• personification
• plot
• protagonist
• sensory language
• setting

a conversation between characters

• dialogue
• external conflict
• setting
• figurative language
• hyperbole

a character struggles within his own mind.

• figurative language
• simile
• hyperbole
• internal conflict
• metaphor