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| Repitition of same constonant letter sounds in a sequence of words |
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| A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature |
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| An idea or expression that is so overused it is tired and boring; its freshness has having worn off |
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| Different associations that people make with a word that go beyond the literal meaning of it |
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| Turning point in the action of a story that has a powerful effect on the protagonist |
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| Dictionary definition of a word |
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| When the resolution of the plot following the climax is unravelled |
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| Verbal exchanges between characters |
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| A writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structure, and figurative language |
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| A narrative device often found at the beginning of a work providing necessary background information about characters and their circumstances |
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| A form of humour based on exaggerated, improbable incongruities. Rapid shifts in action and emotion are a part of this |
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| The introduction early in a story of verbal and dramatic hints suggesting what is to come later |
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| In fiction, when a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself or herself; a truth which is grasped in an ordinary rather than melodramatic moment |
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| An approach to literature exploring ideas about men and women (what is masculine and feminine can be regarded as socially constructed by particular cultures |
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| Often called the protagonist, this is the central character who engages the reader's interest and empathy |
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| A boldly exaggerated statement (an overstatement) |
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| A literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true |
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| A discrepancy between what the character believes or says and what the reader or audience member knows to be true |
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| A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using the word like or as |
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| A kid of metaphor in which a part of something is used to signify the whole of it |
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| A type of metaphor in which something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it |
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| The voice of the person telling the story, not to be confused with the author's voice |
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| A term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes |
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| A condensed form of a paradox in which the two contradictory things appear together in the sentence (sweet sorrow, original copy) |
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| A prose restatement of the central ideas of a piece of literature, in your own language |
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| A form of metaphor in which himan characteristcs are attributed to nonhuman things |
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| An author's arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus |
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| Refers to who tells us a story and how it is told |
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| The main character of a narrative; its central character who engages the reader's interest and empathy |
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| The conclusion of a plot's conflicts and complications |
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| The physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs |
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| A common figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two things by using words such as like, as, than, appears, and seems |
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| The distinctive and unique manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects |
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| The anxuous anticipation of a reader or an audience as to the outcome of a story, especially concerning the character or characters with whome sympathetic attachments are formed |
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| A person, object, image, word or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance |
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| The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work |
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| The central idea of an essay |
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| The author's implicit attiude towards the reader or the people, places, and events in a work as revealed by the elements of the author's style |
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| The moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative, usually marking a turning point in the plot at which the rising action reverses to the falling action |
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| A.K.A. the Resolution, is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications |
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| A term used to describe the common strategy of beginning a story in the middle of the action |
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| The part in which complication creates some sort of conflict for the protagonist |
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