Grade 9 Literary Terms

author directly describes the character

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

reason for writing

• purpose

• critique

• hyperbole

• audience

statement of the essay's main idea

• thesis

• simile

• theme

• symbol

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or character.

• theme

• mood

• irony

• tone

A struggle that occurs within an individual

• situational irony

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• indirect characterization

figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as".

• situational irony

• coherence

• connotation

• metaphor

A comparison using "like" or "as".

• simile

• thesis

• theme

• symbol

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• personification

• organization

• alliteration

• connotation

the way in which a piece of writing is structured

• organization

• transitions

• alliteration

• personification

the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

• coherence

• connotation

• audience

• flashback