| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Allusion | An indirect reference to someone outside of the book |
| Assonance | Repetition of the same vowel sounds |
| Character | A person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story |
| Characterization | The creation and convincing representation of the fictional character |
| Conflict | Problem in the story ; major issue |
| Diction | The style of speaking |
| Foreshadow | Hints or clues that will show what will happen later |
| Hyperbole | An extravagant exaggeration |
| Imagery | The formation of mental images |
| Irony | Something said that uses humor based on words suggesting the opposite of the literal meaning |
| Meter | Measured arrangement of words in poetry that have a rhythm or beat |
| Rhyme | A word with an ending that sounds similar to the ending of another word |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two words that are unrelated by saying one is the other |
| Mood | a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words |
| Onomatopoeia | The formation or use of words that imitate the sound associated with something |
| Personification | The attributions of human qualities to objects or abstract notions |
| Plot | The story or sequence of events in something |
| Point of View | The perspective on events of the narrator or a character in the story |
| Setting | The period in time or the place n which the events of a story are said to occur |
| Simile | A figure of speech that has a comparison between two different words using the word like or as |
| Symbol | Something that stands for or represents something else |
| Theme | A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic |
| Tone | A particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood |
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