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| the attitudes and feelings associated with a word. |
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| a humorous scene, incident or speech that is included in a drama to provide a change from the emotional intensity. |
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| the literal dictionary meaning of a word. |
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| form of language that is spoken in a particular geographic area or by a particular social or ethnic group |
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| conversation between two or more characters in either fiction or non-fiction. The words of the speakers are set off by [ " " ]. |
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| an author's choice of words. Since words have specific meanings, and since one's choice of words can affect feelings, a writer's choice of words can have great impact in a literary work. The writer, therefore, must choose his words carefully. |
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| the early part of a story that normally sets the tone, establishes setting, introduces characters and gives important background information. |
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| in a plot structure this occurs after the climax. Sometimes also called a resolution; this ties up the loose ends of a story. |
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| This is a writers' technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time (goes back in time; like giving the reader a memory). This device is often used to provide additional information to the reader. |
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| This is a writers' technique in which the author provides clues or hints as to what is going to happen later in the story. It's like the music in a scary movie when we know that something bad is about to happen. |
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Poetry which does not have either meter or rhyme.
Splinter
The voice of the last cricket
Across the first frost
Is one kind of good-bye.
It is so thin a splinter of singing. By Carl Sandburg |
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| A literary type or form. Drama is a genre of literature. |
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| A figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs. |
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| A strategy that authors use to employ literary devices such as metaphor, simile, repetition, etc. |
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