Literary Terms

the events are told by a character in the story.

the events are told by someone outside the story.

the repetition of similar initial consonant sounds in order to create a musical or rhythmic effect, to emphasize key words or to imitate sounds.

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art, often used to help make a comparison.

resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants.

a form of non-fiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person.

pauses in a line, where the reader stops momentarily, usually through punctuation.

the quality of a character; what a character is like.

the highest point of action in a story, often the turning point.

the writer directly states the character’s traits or characteristics.