Literary Terms 27-49

_____is defined as: a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor
• pun
• satire
• simile

_____is defined as: the sequence of events in a story.

• Plot
• Point of View( First Person)
• Conflict
• Resolution

_____is defined as: a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sound of different words.

• Hyperbole
• Resolution
• Pun
• Simile

_____is defined as: the teller of the story; speaks directly to the reader.

• Audience
• Paradox
• Personification
• Narrator

______is defined as: a type of third person narrator who can see all (into character’s thoughts, feelings, etc.).

• Protagonist
• Point of View (Omniscient)
• Antagonist
• Suspense

_____is defined as: The emotional atmosphere of the text - typically the emotional response that the writer wants the reader to experience.

• Tone
• Symbol
• Mood
• Onomatopoeia

_____is defined as: a direct comparison between two unlike things that have something in common.

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Mood

_____is defined as: anticipation resulting from having clues, but not yet knowing how things will turn out.

• Suspense
• Resolution
• Conflict
• Foreshadowing

_____is defined as: words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. (Think comics.)

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Action
• Paradox

_____is defined as: Part of the plot diagram that includes the events that develop the clues and the actions (builds to the climax).

• Satire
• Falling Action
• Rising Action
• Pun