Plot
Character
Literary Terms
Words that start with E
Words that start with A
100
external conflict
What is the conflict of either man vs man, nature, or society?
100
A character that does not change. "flat character"
What is a static character?
100
intent and actual meaning differ
What is irony?
100
At the end of a story, where the author tells what happens to a character when the story ends
What is an epilogue?
100
a story in which people, things, and events represent abstractions
What is an allegory?
200
event after the climax leading to the resolution
What is falling action?
200
A character that encounters conflict and changes. "round character"
What is a dynamic character?
200
Special language of a profession or group
What is jargon?
200
the omission of a word or several words
What is an ellipsis?
200
reference to something outside the work
What is allusion?
300
Hints about what will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
300
the main protagonist in an epic poem
What is an epic hero?
300
deliberate exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
300
A pithy saying often using contrast
What is an epigram?
300
repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
400
An event that introduces the central conflict
What is inciting incident?
400
character that works against the protagonist
What is an antagonist?
400
comparison without the use of comparative terms
What is a metaphor?
400
A long narrative poem in formal, elevated style that chronicles heroic deeds and events
What is an epic?
400
word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers to
What is antecedent?
500
Introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation
What is exposition?
500
The main character of a literary work
What is a protagonist?
500
Word choice
What is diction?
500
figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness
What is an euphemism?
500
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
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