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a story or poem where beneath its obvious meaning is a second, more serious level of thought, and it is often used to teach, as with Bible parables. "don't put all your egs in one basket" |
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| Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together, at t he beginning of the words. |
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| a breif reference to a person, event, place or work of art |
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| the force or person opposing the protagonist in the protagonist's effort to solve a problem, resolving the conflict of the story |
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| in a play, words spoken by a character directly to the audience or to another character but not overheard by others onstage |
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| repetition of vowel sounds within two or more words like the long a sound in "old age should burn and rave at close of day" |
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| poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| a character who changes or develops during the course of a work of fiction. |
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| a character who does not change or develop during the course of a work of fiction |
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| direct, description, character's thoughts, character's words, character's actions, reaction of others |
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| telling of events in the order they occur in time |
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| an expression used so often that it has lost its freshness |
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| the point which marks a turning point in the action, since the reader is no longer in doubt of the outcome |
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| a humorous scene that occurs in the course of a serious or tragic work to relieve the emotional intensity of the work |
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| a story which illustrates the struggle to mature; also known as Rite of Passage |
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| struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or beliefs whcih form the basis of the plot. The conflict is resolved when one force succeeds or fails in overcoming the oppsing forces or gives up trying |
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| the repitition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words. |
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| juxtaposition of opposites for emphasis |
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| the dictionary definition of a term |
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| a conversation between two or more people |
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| long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger than life hero who embodies the values of a particular society |
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| the first part of plot which presents the main characters and their conflicts |
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| a short tale that teaches a moral, often with animals orinanimate objects as characters |
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| a tale involving such unreal characters and improbable events that the reader is not expected to believe it |
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| word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and that is not meant to be understoon on a literal level |
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| a character who has only one or two personality traits and can be summed up in a single phrase |
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| character who serves as a contrast to another character |
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| clues hinting at events which occur later int he plot |
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| overbearing pride which brings about one's downfall |
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| exaggeration used for humor or sarcasm |
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| line of poetry made up of five metrical feet of short long stresses. The bulk of Shakespeare's plays use this meter. |
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| recurring word, phrase, image, object or action in a piece of literature. |
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| figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like, as. resembles or than |
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| a long speech given by one character |
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| when the author says one thing and means the opposite. also a situation, or the outcome of an event that is opposite to what is naturally hoped for or expected. also when the audience or reader is awarre of something that the characer is not |
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| a story that has come down from the past and may have some basis in fact but which also contains imaginative material |
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| literature in which the author stresses geographical settings and the speech, dress, and mannerisms peculiar to a religion |
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| a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
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| a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory words are combined: jumbo shrimp, tough love |
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| a brief tale that teachers a moral or religious lesson |
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| type of metaphor in which a non human thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
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| the series of events or episodes that make up the action of a story |
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| vantage point from which a writer tells a story. |
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| usually the main character, who faces a probblem and in his attempt to solve it, becomes involved in a conflict with an opposing force |
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| play on multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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| the pattern of end rhyme. |
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| complications increase in the plot |
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| complex character with many different traits |
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| any piece of writing which critizes manners, individuals or political and social institutions by holding them up to ridicule |
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| figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as than or resembles |
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| long speech in which a character alone on stage expresses private personal thoughts |
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| a character conforming to certain widely accepted ideas of how such a person should look, think or act |
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| the feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about the outcome of the narrative |
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| an object standing for an idea, belief, superstition, social or political institution. a pair of scales is often a symbol for justice |
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| authors attitude towards his subject and the particular way in which he writes about it |
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| play or novel or other narrative depictiong serious and unimportant events in which the main character comes to an unappy end |
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| an appeal to all readers of all times |
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