Myles

1. Plot-- the action sequence of a narrative ; what happens

2. Theme-- the main message of the story

3. Climax-- high point of interest in a story

4. Exposition-- the beginning of a story; setting is created, characters are introduced 5. Denouement --the end if a story after the climax 6.in medias Res-- a story that begins in the middle of a sequence of events are made evident with flashback

7. Topic-- expressed in one or two words; does not express a view of



8. Rising Acting-- longest part of the story; where conflict are introduced 9.Falling Action-- explain the complication of the climax to the reader 10. Conflict-- struggle between opposing forces

11.Metaphor-- a figure of speech in which something is spoken of as though it were something else; direct comparison of two unlike things 12. Simile-- a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make comparison



13. Personification-- a figure of speech in which something not human is treated as if it were human



14. Symbolism-- the use of something to represent something beyond itself

15. Alliteration-- repetition of the same initial consonant sound

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16. Situational lrony--exists when what happens is the exact opposite of what is expected to happen



17. Verbal lrony-- exists when a person say is one thing and means another. 18.Dramatic lrony-- occurs when the audience has important information that the characters do not



19.Onomatopoeia-- the use of a word or phase that actually imitated or suggests the sound of what describes



20.Hyerbole-- a great exaggeration.

21. Foreshadowing-- use of clues or hint of what will happen later



22.First person narration-- narrated by 'l'

23. Second person narration-- narration by 'you' (dosent happen in literature)

24.Third person limited--narration limited to one character's thoughts and feelings as the author's own; he or she



25. Third person omniscient--narration in which the author knows and reveals several characters thoughts and feelings



26. Narration-- story told in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama

27. Chacterization -- the act of creating and developing characters

28. setting-- time and place of action



29. Short story -- a short work of fiction



30. Narrator-- speaker or character who tells a story



31. Tone-- the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject



32. Protagonist-- main character or hero



33. Antagonist-- main character or force in conflict with the main character



34. Fiction-- prose writing telling about imaginary character ans their traits



35.Direct Characterization-- when the author directly characters' traits are



36.indirect characterization-- when the author directly tells what the characters traits are



37. Dynamic Character-- one who develops or grows during the story

38. Static Character-- Character who doesn't change or grow during the story

39. Novel-- a long work of fiction



40. Sensory language-- Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the sense



41. Cliche-- a phrase that has used so long that its meaning lost



42. Allusion-- a reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, or act



43. Flashback-- narration of events before the normal time sequence of the plot



44. Analogy-- when one thing is explained in terms of another



45. Understatement-- when a response is deliberately incomplete



46. Oxymoron-- two words that seem to mean the opposite of each other



47. Biography-- a work about a person's life written by another person



48. Autobiography-- a person writing about his/her own life



49. Nonfiction-- prose writing presenting ideas or telling about real people, places objects, or events



50. Figurative language-- writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally



51. Legend--story about someone local or from a particular region

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52. Myth-- a fictional account that explains the action of gods or causes of natural phenomena



53. Caricature-- a drawing of a person in which one feature is exaggerated



54. Anecdote-- a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange ever



55. Genre-- a division or type of literature



56.Prose-- Ordinary form of written language



57. Mood-- feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage



58. Diction-- word choice



59. Denotation-- dictionary meaning of a word



60. Connotation-- meaning of a word in context of a work



61. Narrative essay-- tell a story



62. Descriptive essay-- conveys an impression about a person, place, thing, or idea



63. Persuasive essay-- tries to get reader to do something or accept writer's point-of-view



64. Expositiory essay-- gives information, discusses ideas, or explains a process



65. Satire-- using humor to make fun of or change things



66.Dialogue-- conversation between characters



67. Dialect--form of lauguage spoken by people in a particular regiom or group



68. Suspense-- a feeling of events in a literary work



69.Paradox-- a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true



70. Rhetorical question-- A question asked for effect, not to be answered

71. Free verse-- poetry without fixed meter or pattern

72. Blank verse-- poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter



73. Soliloquy-- one character, on stage thinking aloud alone



74.Couplet-- a pair of rhyming lines usually of the same length and meter



75. Tragedy-- a work of literature, especially a play, that results in catastrophe for the main character



76. Monologue-- Speech by one character in play, that results in catastrophe for the main character



77.Comedy-- work of literature, especially a play that has a happy ending



78. Foil-- a character who is contrasted with another character



79. Aside-- a short speech delivered by an actor in a play expressing his/her thought



80. Drama-- a story written to be performed by actors



81. Repetition-- more than one use of any element of language



82. Parody-- making fun of a work by writing something similar but exaggerated



83. Dramatic poetry-- poetry that includes the techniques of drams



84. Rhyme scheme-- A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem



85. Round Character-- a character with many different traits



86 Archetype --original pattern or model; all other are copies



87. Stanza-- a group of lies in a poem considered as unit



88. Narrative poem-- a poem that tells a story



89. Epic simile-- extended simile in a long epic poem, often several lines



90. Lyric-- a poem expressing thoughts and feeling



91. epic-- a long narrative poem that trace the adventures of a hero, usually a hero with super human strenght



92. Ballad-- a short, musical poem usually focused on a single situation, often love or death



93. Haiku--a three-line poem usually about nature



94. Rhythm--the pattern created by arranging stressed and unstressed syllables



95. Rhyme--repetition of accented vowel sounds and all succeeding consonant



96. Assonance-- the repetition of vowel sounds



97. Consonance-- the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words

98. Subjective--based on opinions of feelings



99. Objective--based on facts/evidence



100. Chronological--thee order in which something happen