Language Arts Vocabulary 1

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work...

A person in a novel, play, or movie...

The place and time at which a play, novel, or film is represented as happening...

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told...

The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists...

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc...

A way of expressing oneself that does not use a word’s strict or realistic meaning...

The listeners or spectators at a speech or performance, or the intended readership for a piece of writing...

The repetition of key words and phrases or the careful arrangement of words to give them special weight and prominence...

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work...

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification...

A literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work...

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid...

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable...