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| the time and place in which a story takes place |
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| the storyline; the events that take place in the course of a story. Plot develops over time, usually leads up to a climax. |
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| the underlying ideas or opinions stressed throughout a piece of writing |
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| a smaller plot within the main storyline, may come together with the main plot at the end or remain untold |
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| the persepective of the narrarator of the story; takes into account age, gender, culture, and any potential biases |
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| the character in the story with whom the reader is meant to sympathize; the "hero" of the story |
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| Usually the enemy of the protagonist, the character in the story who is depicted as the villain |
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| a play on words in which a phrase has more than one meaning |
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| a form of writing that mocks something, usually meant to be humorous |
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| the voice that is tellign the story; may be a character or an unseen outside character |
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| an authors unique way of writing characterized by voice and sentence construction |
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| the first stage in plot; introduces the characters and setting; the ground is set for the rest of the story |
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| the most exciting point in the story; the point the plot builds towards |
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| (denouncement) the end point of the story inw hcih the plot is resolved, sometimes called the "falling action" |
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the dictionary definition of a word |
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| the implied meaning of a word |
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| giving an inanimate object human traits |
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| a comparision without using words such as "like" or "as" |
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| a comparison between unlike things using words such a "like" or "as" |
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| a reference in literature ot any well known person or event; a reference ot the real world |
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| despcriptive language that appeals to one or more of the 5 sense; gives the reader an image in their minds |
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| a sentence that is longer than it shoudl be and can be broken down into two or more shorter sentences |
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| a way of thinking where one looks at thigns in a positive manenr |
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| looking at things in a negative manner |
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| a division of writing by types and subject |
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| a statement that provides a focus for a piece of writing: a statement that that piece of writing proves |
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| the opposite of a thesis statement |
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| when a word, term, phrase, etc. can be interpreted in more htan one way |
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| a prefatory piece of writing, usually written to introduce a drama |
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| a character that contrasts another characters personality, usually the protagonist, and so highlights main facets of that characters personality |
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| literature focusing on dialects, customs, and geography specific to a particular region |
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| a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc |
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| to give a hint or suggetsion to what may happen in the future |
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| conversation between characters |
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| conflict (internal/external) |
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a state of discord caused by opposition of needs, values, and interests internal- within oneself external- between man and someone/ something else |
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| a major character who encounters conflict and is changed by it |
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| minor hcarcters who do not undergo substantial change or growth |
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| the ordinary form of written/spoken language without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse |
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| the atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the settin; the general sense or feelign to be felt |
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the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like in exposing, denouncing, deriding, vice, folly etc. exxagerating to make something seem ridiculous |
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| an interjective scene that takes the narrative back in time form the current point that the story has reached |
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| choice of words, particularly with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
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| the comparison b/;w 2 pairs whcih share that same relationship |
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| the reptition of the first consonant sound in a phrase |
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| a repetition of identical or similar soudns in two or more words |
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| a figurative mode of representation conveying a menaign otehr than the literal |
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| a concise statement of a priciple |
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