Literary Analysis Vocabulary

speaker or character who tells a story

• narrator

• personification

• reader

• character

the use of words that imitate sounds such as crash, buzz, screech

• sound effects

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia 

type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• personification

• animalistic

• fable

• simile

figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike objects using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• simplification

• personification

the voice of a poem - sometimes that of the poet, sometimes that of a fictional person or even a thing.  The speaker's words communicate a particular tone or attitude toward the subject of the poem

• speaker

• character

• narrator

• mood

an author's use of images and symbols to represent other ideas or realities

• hyperbole

• imagination

• symbolism

• mood

What should you use to support your claim?

• quotes from famous speeches

• a general explanation of the plot

• the author's exact words

• your opinion about the text

A theme in literature is...

• summary of a story.

• guide for people's lives.

• message about life or human nature.

• attitude set by word choice.

This is the part of the introduction that grabs the readers attention.

• reasons

• hook

• conflict

• claim

The theme of a story is ...

• the problem the character is facing.

• the location of the story.

• how the main character solves his problem.

• the lesson or big idea the author is trying to teach about.