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| is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story |
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| A description of qualities or peculiarities:a list of places of interest, with brief characterizations of each. |
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| A serious disagreement of argument, typically a protracted one. |
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| Denotation is its primary or literal significance, whereas connotation is the range of secondary significance which a word commonly suggests. |
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| conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play or movie. |
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| is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from literal interpretation. |
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| a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning |
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| A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
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| something that ones efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish |
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| a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjuction |
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| The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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| a particular attitude or way of considering a matter |
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| The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place |
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| 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 |
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| the subject of a talk a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition, a topic |
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| the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists |
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| is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. the question might be one that does not have and answer. it might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect |
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| the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex |
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