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| A pattern of sounds that includes the repetition of consonant sounds; pattern can be at the beginning or inside of words (bubbling, or the boiling bubbles). |
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| One character is clearly central to the story with all major events having some importance to this character- he/she is the PROTAGONIST. The opposer of the main character is called the ANTAGONIST. |
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Characters are...
1. Dynamic (round): many sided personalities that change, for better or worse, by the end of the story.
2. Static (flat): Stereotype, have one or two characteristics that never change and are emphasized... ex: brililant detective, drunk, scrooge, cruel stepmother, etc. |
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| The point of the story that creates the greatest suspense or interest. |
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There are four kinds of conflit...
1) Man vs. Man (physical): the leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men, forces of nature, or animals.
2) Man vs. Nature (classical): the leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life facing him/her.
3) Man vs. Society (social): the leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.
4) Man vs. Himself/Herself (psychological): the leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her own soul, ideas of right and wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc. |
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| Conversations between two or more characters. |
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| The part of the story that tells us who the characters are and usually what the conflict is. |
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| A reference to an event which took place prior to the beginning of a story or play. |
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| In drama, a method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come. |
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| A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell. |
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| The contrast between expectation and reality. |
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| A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as." |
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| The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions. A work may contain a mood of horror, mystery, holiness, etc. |
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| Narration (Point of View) |
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1st person, 3rd person , and ominiscient:
A piece of literature contains a speaker who is speaking either in the first person, telling things from his or her own perspective, or in the third person, telling things from the perspective of an onlooker. The perspective used is called the point of view, and is referred to either as first person or third person. If the speaker knows everything including the actions, motives, and thoughts of all the characters, the speaker is referred to as ominiscient (all-knowing). |
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| A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics. |
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| The series of related events that make up a story. |
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| The time and place of a story or play. |
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| A comparison of two unlike things using linking words such as: like a, similar to, resembles, etc. |
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| A device in literature where the object represents an idea. |
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| The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. |
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| Tone expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject. |
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| Quotations from a text, as well as descriptions of the text's style. |
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| When a reader makes an educated guess from what they already know with information from the text. |
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Socially distinct variety of a language that differs from standard language |
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| When the characters take steps to resolve the conflict |
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| The follow-up to the climax, which leads to the resolution |
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| Person, object or imaginary being that takes part in the action |
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| The person telling the story |
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