Lits Cool beans Flashcards
Hook
An opening statement that catches an audiences attention
Hubris
Arrogance and pride
“Napolean”
Inciting Action
An event that starts the stories main plot
In Media Res
Latin for “In the middle of things” story in the middle, jump right. Starts in the middle of an action
Inversion
When the writer changes the nomal orders of words. Reversal
Foul is fair
Fair is foul
Liotes
An understatement that is made stating two negatives to positive
raffi mustache doesn’t look bad today
Metonymy
Figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced
I’m gonna go home on my “wheels” today “car”
Monologue
A speech given by a single character in a story.
Motif
A repeated pattern
Motivation
What drives a character’s goal
Nemisis
A characters or force that is an opponent to the protagonist. Can kill*
Neologism
Coined by a writer or by someone speaking in a conservation “New word”
Non Sequitor
A conclusion that ins’t aligned with previous statement. Statement don’t follow logic sense.
*Beowolf great figher. OH! DANCE
Omniscient
All knowing
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines non contradictory word, with opposing meaning. “Deafening Silence”
