Literary Terms

What is happening in the story

Main idea

Making a logical guess about what is happening or what is going to happen next using evidence from the source and the reader's own experiences

The height of the action in a text

An exaggeration

A problem with the character and another entity

When a text gives clues on what is going to happen next

Using a concrete idea to symbolize something that is more abstract

Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

Giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics

The perspective the story is told by

Main character

A problem a character is having within himself or herself

Saying and expressions that do not mean exactly what they say. Used to create vivid pictures in the readers head

The way you feel when reading a text

When the opposite of what you are expecting happens

The person who goes against the main character

Using language to paint a full picture of something

Time and place where the story happens

How the author writes the story to make a character believable