parallelism | similar gramatical form gives items equal weight of by for the people(makes more powerful) |
personification | figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an animal or object |
parody | imitation of serious work of LIT for the purpose of critisism or humor |
plot | the plan of action or sequence of events of the story |
point of view | stance from which a story is told, the eye and mind through which the action is perceived |
protagonist | the central character in a story.faces a problem and must undergo some conflict to solve it |
pun | wordplay with 2 or more meaning |
Rhyme scheme | the pattern of end rhyme in a poem. |
Satire | a literary technique in which foolish ideas are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society |
setting | the time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |
Simile | FOS 2 seemingly unlike things are compared(strong AS a bull) |
stanza | a group of verse lines forming a section of a poem and sharing the same structure. |
style | the way in which a piece of literature is written. Style refers not to what is said, but how |
Suspense | the tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story |
symbol | a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else.literal stands for figurative |
Theme | the central idea in a literary work.theme is an idea revealed by the events of the story |
Tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject. |