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| An indirect reference to some character or event in literature, history, or mythology that enriches the meaning of the passage |
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| a reoccurring character type, plot, symbol, or theme of seemingly universal significance: the blind prophet figure, the journey to the underworld, the sea as source of life, the initiation theme. - constantly reoccurring motif or symbol in literature. |
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| general feeling or mood of a story or character. |
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| the actions and conversations are presented in detail as they occur, more or less objectively, without any comment from the author or narrator |
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| the narrator knows everything about the characters and events and can move about in time and place and into the minds of all characters |
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| Limited Omniscient Narration |
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| the story is limited to the observations, thoughts, and feelings of a single character |
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| something that suggests or stands for an idea, quality, or concept larger than itself; the lion is a symbol for courage |
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| the central or dominating idea advanced by literary work, usually containing some insight into the human condition |
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| narrated from the point of view of a character unable or perhaps unwilling to give a fully accurate account |
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| the person created by the writer to be the speaker of the poem or story |
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| the attitude a writer conveys towards his or her subject or audience. In poetry, This is sometimes called voice. |
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| the literal dictionary meaning of a word |
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| a figure of speech that makes an imaginative comparison between two literally unlike things (sylvia's face was a pale star) |
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| close repetition of the same constant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds (flesh/flash or breed/bread). At the end of lines in poetry, this pattern produces half rhymes |
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| the repetition of similar vowel sounds within syllables - On desperate seas long wont to roam |
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| Sentence structure; the relationship between words and among word groups in sentences |
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| Two rhymed line of poetry |
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| an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhymed scheme, forming a division of the poem |
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| the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables in a regular pattern |
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| Similar or identical sounds between words, usually the end sounds in lines of a verse |
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| The moment of the play at which the main action of the plot begins; it may occur in the first scene or after several scenes of exposition. |
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| The point toward which the action of a plot builds as the conflicts become increasingly intense or complex; the turning point. |
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| Literally, the "untying"; The resolution of the conflicts following the climax (or crisis) of a plot. |
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| A story, usually using symbolic characters and settings, designed to teach a lesson. |
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| writing that attempts to influence readers to accept an opinion or interpretation; a good argument includes a clear claim or stance, ample evidence and sound reasoning that explains the claim and connects it to the evidence. |
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