The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

An expression designed to call something to mind without actually saying it

Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

A word opposite in meaning to another

A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong

The reason for which the author is writing his or her story; the lesson or moral being shared

In favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

An account of someone's life written by someone else

A person in a novel, play, or movie

A description of the features of someone in a story

The most intense, exciting, or important point of the story

To estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between

The main problem of a story

An idea or feeling that a word gives you, in addition to its literal meaning

Hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new words or bigger ideas being discussed

Historic, scientific, social or spiritual importance

Writing that persuades or argues something to a reader who may or may not initially agree with you, usually using evidence

A form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group

A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

To identify differences between two or more things or people

A story about an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events

To decide what to believe about something after you have considered the facts

To form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess

The part of a work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced

The part of the story that occurs after the climax, where things begin to be resolved

Describes imaginary events and people

Words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true; "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

The narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view

A warning or indication of a future event

To make a broad statement when talking about specific cases; "All teachers are mean"

A category of writing characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Using lots of description to set a scene in a story

Understood but not plainly expressed

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

A literary technique by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character

The central idea or argument being presented in a story

A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else

The atmosphere or understood tone of a story

The person telling a story

The giving of human characteristics to something nonhuman

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told

An element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning; ex-, non-, re-

Information, especially of misleading nature, used to promote a particular political cause or point of view

A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the climax

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity

Where a story takes place

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using "like" and "as"

An element placed at the end of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning; -ation, -itis, -ing

Give a brief statement of the main points of a writing

The use of symbols to represent ideas or deeper meanings

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic

The narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or pronouns like he, she, or they

The general attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

A character who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something, usually the protagonist

A basic word to which prefixes and suffixes are added