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Situational Irony-
A contrast between what a reader or charachter expectsand what usally exists |
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an allegory is a work with two levels of meaning and literal one and a symbolic one. |
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| Allitertion is the reoition od a consinant sounds at the beginning of words. |
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| An antagonist is a princible character ir forse in opposition to a protagonist, or main character. |
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| An archetypeis a pattern in literature that is found in a variety of works from different cultures, through out the ages, it can be a plot a chacharcter abdimage ir a setting. |
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| In drama ab aside is a short speech directed to the audience ir anither character , that is nnot heard by another character on stage. |
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| An authors perspective is an unique combination of ideas,vaules, feeling and beliefes, that influences the wasy the writer looks at the topic. |
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| A writer usally writes for one or more of these purpouses; to express thoughts or feelingsto imform or to eplain, to pursuade, to entertain. |
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| An Autobiography is a writers account of his or her life, in almost everycase its told by a first persn point of veiw. |
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| I biography is the true account of a persons life , written by another person. |
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| A dynamic character is ne who undergoes important changes as a plot unfolds. |
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| IS the one that stays the same through out the whole story. |
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| The way the writer develops characters. |
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| In the plot, the climax is the maxium interst or tension, usally it isthe turnign point in the story. |
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| The comic relief consists of humrous sceans, incidents, or speeches that are includedin serious drama to provide a reduction in emotional drama. |
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| A complication is an addtional factor or problem introduced in the rising action of a story to make the conflict more difficult. |
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A conflict is a stuggle between opposite force.
Example: The conflict in in the little mermaid is that she wanted to have legs, she wanted something she sis have. |
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| An external conflict involves a character pitted against an ouside forse, such as nature, a physical obstical or anouther character. |
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An internal conflict is oe that occurs within the a character.
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| A connotation is an additude or a feeling assocition with a word,n contrast to the words denotion which is ltteral or dictionary menaing. |
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| Is the literal meaning or dictionary meaing. |
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| A dialelct is a form of language that is spoken in a particular geographic or by a particualr social soicial or ethnic group. |
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the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. |
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A dramatic monologue is a lric poem in which a speaker adresses a silent or absent listener ina moment of high intensity or a deep emotion as if ingaged in a privite convorsation.
Mono- By your self. |
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| Is a long narritive poem on a serious subject presents in a elevated or formal syle. |
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An epic hero is a larger than life figure who embodies the ideals of a naton or race.
Example: Martin luther king is a epic hero, standed up for ever race. |
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| An epic similie is a long elaborte comparison that ofen continues for a number of line. |
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A flashback in an account of conversation, an episode or an event that happen before in the begiining of a story.
Example: In New moon, Jacob asked bella " Do you remember when we at the beach and i was telling you that old scary story?" |
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is lagnguage that communticates meaning beyond the the litteral meanings of words.
Example: Deeper meaning, This is used a lot on the bible. |
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In a plot, the falling action follows the climax and shows the resukts of an important action that happen the the climax.
Example: In Newmoon the Twiight sega
the conflict is that Edward leaves, and then the climax is where bella jumps the cliff into the ocean, then the FALLING ACTION is when Bella goes to Europe to save her true love from commiting suiside. |
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A metophor is a figur of speech that makes a comparison betwen two things that are basically unlike but have somthing in common.
Example: Its an oven outside. |
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| In a literary work, mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. |
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