A
A COMPARISON THAT DOES NOT USE LIKE OR AS
METAPHOR
LONGER THAN A SHORT STORY BUT NOT AS LONG AS A NOVEL
NOVELLA
GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO NONHUMANS
PERSONIFICATION
SERIES OF EVENTS IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING
QUEST
A COMPARISON THAT USES LIKE OR AS
SIMILE
THE WAY THE READER FEELS
MOOD
READER KNOWS EVERYTHING (ALL THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND ACTIONS OF ALL THE CHARACTERS)
OMNISCIENT
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN A STORY
PLOT
USING FALSE PRAISE TO MAKE FUN OF SOMEONE
SARCASM
MONOLOGUE REVEALING THE THOUGHTS OF A CHARACTER, USUALLY ALONE ON STAGE
SOLILOQUY
LESSON IN A STORY
MORAL
STATEMENT THAT SEEMS CONTRARY TO TRUTH
PARADOX
MAIN CHARACTER
PROTAGONIST
LITERARY DEVICE USED TO MAKE FUN OF HUMAN WEAKNESSES
SATIRE
JUDGING SOMEONE WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING THEM
STEREOTYPE
PERSON TELLING THE STORY
NARRATOR
STORY THAT USES HUMOROUS EXCESSIVE EXAGGERATION TO MAKE FUN OF SOMETHING
PARODY
CONTRADICTORY TERMS LIKE JUMBO SHRIMP
OXYMORON
WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE
SETTING
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
SYMBOL
LENGTHY FICTIONAL STORY
NOVEL
MESSAGE IN A STORY
THEME
STORY IN WHICH THE HERO IS DESTROYED
TRAGEDY
FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH SOMETHING IS EMPHASIZED BY PRESENTING IT AS LESS THAN WHAT IT IS
UNDERSTATEMENT
SIMILAR WORDS BEING MISUSED AND CONFUSED
MALOPROPISM