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. | |