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| the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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| a reference to a person, a place, an event or a literary work which a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to; may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion. |
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| a special type of repetition with a repeated element at the beginning |
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| the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype |
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| a short speech delivered by an actor in a play expressing the character's thoughts. Typically this is directed to the audience and is presumed to be inaudible to the other actors |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds followed closely by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables |
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| a piece of literature that deals with the movement from childhood to adulthood |
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| the act of creating and developing a character |
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| How a writer develops a character... |
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1. by showing character in action
2. by revealing the charater's thoughts; letting them speak
3. by giving a physical description
4. by telling what others think of the character
5. by analyzing the character; giving direct evaluation of the character |
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| main character; most important |
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| major character who opposed the protagonist |
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| fully developed and shows many traits (virtues and faults) |
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| not fully developed; few traits |
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| develops and grows during the course of the story; shows change in behavior/belief |
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| doesn't develop and grow during the story; will not change |
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| a charater who is contrasted with another character |
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| struggle between opposing forces (there may be more than one) |
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| when main character is in conflict with himself |
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| when the main character sturggles against an outside force |
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| a literary work, esp. a play, that has a happy ending; often show ordinary characters in conflict with society |
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| all the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse |
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| literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
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| any last minute discrover, rescue or change of heart that helps resolve a situation and bring about a happy ending |
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| a writer's choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision; can be formal/informal, abstract/concrete |
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| a story written to be acted out in front of an audience |
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| smaller sections of a play found within an act |
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| in italics, give commments on how and where the action happens |
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| the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable (...) |
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| a long narrative poem describing the deeds of a hero and reflecting the values of a culture from which it originated |
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| an adjective or descriptive phrase that is regulary used to characterize a person, place, or thing |
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| when the events in a story momentarily stop, so a sequence of past events can be related |
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| when the author gives the readers hints about events to come; used to create interest and build suspense |
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| poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter |
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| a figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement for special effect |
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| words or phrases that create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind; they are primarily visual |
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| reversal of normal word order of a sentence |
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| involves differences between appearances and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention |
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| words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
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| contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true |
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| an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience |
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| saying one thing in terms of something else |
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| a story, often about immortals and somethimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world |
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| a body of related myths that is accepted by a people; tells a people what it is most concerned about: where it came from, who its gods are, what is most sacred rituals are, and what its destiny is |
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| the use of words whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning |
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| a self-contradictory combination of words |
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| the coordination of sentence syntax, word order and ideas. used for effect and emphasis |
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| human-like qualities are given to non human things |
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| the sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or play; may be simple or complicated, loosely constructed or close-knit; made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another. |
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| part of the literary work/drama that introduces the characters, the setting and basic situation |
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| all the events that lead up to the climax |
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| the point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative; usually marks a story's turning point |
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| all the events after the climax |
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| part of a work in which conflicts are resolved or unraveled and mysteries and secrets connected with the plot are explained |
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| one person, a main character, minor character, or a witness describes what he sees, hears, etc. |
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| when a person outside the story relates the events, can tell what every character thinks and feels |
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| this narrator only sees the world through one character's eyes, thus doesn't know what the other characters are thinking and feeling |
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| play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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| word, sound, phrase, idea,; used for emphasis. An excellent technique in persuasive speeches. Always pay attention to it in writing because the author is trying to tell you something. |
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| the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
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| occurs when the rhyming words come at the end of lines |
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| occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line |
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| analyzing this asks that you look at sentence length; simple, compound, complex, unusual phrases, repetition, altered word order |
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| a comparison of two things using like or as |
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| long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |
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| when something stands for something else or when something takes on another abstract meaning. |
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| the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work; not the plot summary. It is a generalization about human beaings or about life that the literary work communicates. Can be directly stated or implied. If implied, the readers think about what the work seems to say about the nature of people or about life. |
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| the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers. Through this, an author can amuse, anger, or shock the reader. Often the reader must figure this out in order to understand a literary work. |
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| the physical arrangement of the words in the sentence |
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