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An exaggeration or overstatement |
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An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally |
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The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual menaing |
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Literary Conflict {Conflict}
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The struggle that grown out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot |
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The comparison of two unlike think in which no words of comparison are used |
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An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form |
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The way in which an author reveals character, event and ideas in telling a story;the vantage point from which the story is told |
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A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison is used |
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Conversation between people in a literary work |
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