breif or indirect reference towards a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cutrutal, or literary significance.
allusion
force that goes against the protagonist
antagonist
protagonist
main character
a person in a novel, play, or movie
character
A one dimensional character
Flat character
A multi dimensional character that has many intresting traits
Round character
A character that remains the same throughout the story
Static character
A character that changes in a significant way
dynamic character
the occurence of the same letter or sound with consant sounds
alliteration
When an author directly tells the reader about a character
direct characterization
When the author doesnt tell you about a character directly
indirect characterization
a comparison using like or as
simile
Comparing without using like or as. directly stated
“this is to that”
metaphor
extreme exaggeration(not literal)
hyperbole
the use of words that imatate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
onomatopoeia
giving a human characteristic to something non-human
personification
a hint of what is to come, you should have seen it.
foreshadow
“the stuff of poetry” sense, visual description
imagery
reversal of expectations
situational irony
when you say one thing but you mean another
Verbal irony
when readers know something that the character does not.
Dramatic irony
characters, setting, introduces the conflict
exposition
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest intesity
rising action
point of highest tension or intensity in a story
climax
parts of a story after the climax before the conclusion
falling action
denouement
end of a story; conclusion
Narrator is a character in the story (I, me, you)
1st person point of view
any type of character that isn’t first person( or character in the story) only follows a character around
Third person limited point of view
All knowing point of view
Third person omniscient point of view
time and place
setting
a group of lines composed of two or more lines within a poem
stanza
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
suspense
anything that represnets something greater than itself
symbol
the main idea of a story; the subject of a story
theme
the authors attitude towards the subject
tone
conflicts between a character vs. himself; psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramtic character
internal conflict
struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot
external conflict
