LITERARY TERMS

METAPHOR

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is,
• on some point of comparison,
• the same as another otherwise unrelated object.

MOOD

• refers to a definitive stance the author adopts in shaping
• a specific emotional perspective towards the subject of
• Literary work

NARRATOR

• Personification-
• Personification is a figure of speech

PLOT

• Plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story.

POINT OF VIEW

• Point of view is a reflection of the opinion an individual from real life

SETTING

• the surroundings or environment

SIMILE

• figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared

SUSPENCE

• a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement

SYMBOL

• a letter, figure,
• or other character or mark or a combination of letters

THEME

• a unifying
• or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.

TONE

• stress of voice on a syllable of a word.