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| is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience or to another character. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. ... An aside is usually a brief comment, rather than a speech |
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| The central idea of a story |
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| the principal opponent or foil of the main character, who is referred to as the protagonist, in a drama or narrative |
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| is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience or to another character. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. ... An aside is usually a brief comment, rather than a speech |
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| The central idea of a story |
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| the principal opponent or foil of the main character, who is referred to as the protagonist, in a drama or narrative |
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| the action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation |
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| a set of scenes in a story that are meant to introduce the audience to the characters, world, and tone of the story |
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| a literary device that uses non-literal language to convey abstract ideas in a relatable way |
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| a self-contradicting word or group of words (as in Shakespeare's line from Romeo and Juliet, "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!") |
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| an event that starts the story's main plot |
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| all the events that happen in a story on the way to the climax |
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| the time, place, and environment in which a story occurs |
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| a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character. |
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is a literary device that is also known as a “play on words.” Puns involve words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings.
Example: I have to go change my clothes for the close of the show. or You can tell a dogwood tree by its bark. |
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| the point in the narrative where the tension, excitement, or stakes reach the highest level |
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| the conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters |
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| Monologue is an long speech by one person addressed to other characters |
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| a long speech in which a character expresses his thoughts or feelings aloud while alone upon the stage |
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| a repeated pattern—an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again within a particular story |
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| the character who drives the action--the character whose fate matters most |
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| a form of irony that is expressed through a work's structure |
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| a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces |
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| a literary device that alludes to a later point in the story |
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| a contradiction between what is said and what is meant |
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| takes place when the opposite of what is expected actually happens |
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| a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” |
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| the emotion the author strives to evoke in the reader |
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| a literary technique where one thing is compared to another by stating they share the same qualities |
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| the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject |
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