literary device
Type of character that grows, matures, and changes as a result of their experiences over the course of a novel.
What is a dynamic character?
Direct speech between two characters in a literary work.
What is a dialogue?
Descriptive word choice that appeals to the 5 senses: olfactory, visual, tactile, oral, verbal.
What is imagery?
Background information, which might include descriptions, places, and times, that is typically located at the beginning of the story.
What is the exposition?
The hints or clues as to what happens next
What is foreshadow
The main message or life lesson in a literary work.
What is the theme?
Wraps up and concludes the story. Feels like "the end" of the story.
What is the resolution?
The opponent or enemy of the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," the prologue states that a "pair of star-crossed lovers take their life," directly providing a clue of the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet at the end of the play.
What is foreshadowing?
Words that imitate sounds, such as "crash, buzz, clap."
What is onomatopoeia?
The highest point of interest or tension in a story.
What is the climax?
This character does not change throughout the story.
What is static character?
Type of conflict: In "The Hunger Games," Katniss Everdeen rebels against the cruel, authoritarian Capitol that forces children to fight to the death for entertainment.
What is External Conflict: Person versus Society?
"I have a million things to do" is an example of ________.
What is hyperbole?
Events that wrap up the story or wind down to the resolution or cliffhanger of the story.
What is the falling actions?
The dominant characters in a story.
What is the main characters?
Type of Conflict:
Ponyboy Curtis in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" struggles internally to reconcile his loyalty to his working-class gang (the Greasers) with his personal desire for education, empathy, and a different path in life.
What is Internal Conflict: Person versus Self?
Giving human qualities to an animal or inanimate object. For example, in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon..."
What is personification?
The reader is left with unanswered questions. The story doesn't feel finished.
What is cliffhanger?
Type of irony in which the speaker says one thing but means the exact opposite. For example, saying, "What lovely weather!" while standing in the middle of a freezing, torrential downpour.
What is verbal irony?
Complex characters that portray both positive and negative qualities.
What is a round character type?
Type of irony in which the reader or audience knows something a character doesn't. For example, in "Romeo and Juliet," the audience knows Juliet is only asleep because of a potion, but Romeo believes she is truly dead.
What is dramatic irony?
Repetition of consonant sounds. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven": "While I nodded, nearly napping..."
What is alliteration?
The important events and/or complications that lead up to the climax.
What are the rising actions?