Rhetorical Terms mr martha's class Flashcards
Exposition
Provides important background information at the start of the rising action and introduces the setting, characters, and conflict(s).
Rising Action
The events in a story before the climax that advance the plot by adding complications and/or expanding conflicts.
Climax
Where the reader’s interest and emotional intensity are at their peak.
Falling Action
The events in a story after the climax; sometimes the resolution/denouement is also falling action.
Resolution
When action in the story is resolved; occurs after the climax.
Foreshadow
Hints about what will happen in the story.
Symbol
Person, place, activity or object that stands for something beyond itself.
Verbal Irony
When one thing is said but another thing is meant; puns are a kind of verbal
irony
Dramatic Irony
When the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know;
as in a horror movie.
Situational Irony
An unexpected twist or contrast in what the reader or character expects and what occurs.
