Literary Terms 4

The subject of a piece of writing

• topic

• tone

• prefix

• root

The topic of a piece of writing plus what about it

• author's purpose

• main idea

• root

• mood

The feelings the author creates as you read

• main idea

• author's purpose

• alliteration

• mood

The author's attitude towards their writing

• mood

• topic

• suffix

• tone

how a conflict is solved

• climax

• resolution

• event

• narrator

The turning point of a story ( the most exciting part)

• event

• hyperbole

• climax

• conflict

The main struggle or problem in a story

• main fight

• main street

• main conflict

• main idea

an extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

a word that makes a sound (Bang! Thump!)

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

a happening in a story

• an event

• a resolution

• an extreme

• a nonsense