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| The setting, beginning characters, and beginning situation |
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| The detail that gets the story moving in the direction it's going to take |
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| Plot details leading to the climax |
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| When the main character comes face to face with the central conflict and either resolves it successfully or not |
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| Plot details from the climax to the resolution |
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| The conclusion of the story where loose ends are wrapped up |
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| The central message of the story |
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| Character or force opposite the protagonist |
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Man vs Man
Man vs nature
Man vs self
Man vs society
Man vs fate |
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| Hints or clues about something that is going to happen later in the story |
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| Comparison between two things that use like or as |
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| A direct comparison that doesn't use like or as |
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| Giving something nonhuman, human characteristics |
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| An oxymoron is 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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| A character is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to some aspect of the second character |
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| A pun 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. |
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| An aside 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 monologue is a 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 on the stage |
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| Recurring pattern, image, word, phrase |
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| When the audience or reader knows something the characters don't know |
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| Occurs when the literal meaning of what someone says is different from or opposite of what they actually meant |
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| When the opposite of what is expected actually happens |
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| The overall feeling or atmosphere that the reader feels |
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| Reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter in a literary work |
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