Understanding Literary Terms and Concepts

a new thought based on reading between the lines

• inference
• question & answer
• metaphor
• cause & effect

a comparison of two unlike things which a word of compassion is used (like/or/as)

• question & answer
• simile
• problem & solution
• simile

narrator is all-knowing

• question & answer
• problem & solution
• opinion
• omniscient

statements that have appearance of truth or reality

• fact
• problem & solution
• validity
• text structure

a judgement based on a personal point of view

• fact
• fantasy
• bias
• problem & solution

part of the plot after the climax where all loose ends are tied up

• metaphor
• text structure
• question & answer
• falling action

the way in which the author reveals character, events, and ideas in telling a story, the vantage point from which the story is told

• metaphor
• point of view
• fantasy
• opinion

an author's organization of text where the cause statements stem from actions are events, effects are what happens

• metaphor
• fantasy
• cause & effect
• cause & effect

type of propaganda that appeals to readers feelings instead of facts

• metaphor
• fantasy
• problem & solution
• emotional appeal

speech of characters in a story

• realistic fiction
• dialogue
• fantasy
• fantasy