Figurative Language
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as
Simile
The ideas or feelings associated with particular words
Connotation
dramatic, situational, verbal
Examples of irony
A universal main message
Theme
a narrative style where the story is told by a character within the story, using pronouns "I," "me," "my," or "we"
First person POV
A person, object, idea of action that stands for something else
Symbol
Hinting at future events or outcomes in the story to create anticipation and suspense
Foreshadowing
The repetition of the initial consonant
Alliteration
The point at which the conflict of the story begins to reach a turning point and begins to be resolved
Climax
a narrative style where a third-person narrator (using "he," "she," "they") is confined to the perspective, thoughts, and feelings of one character at a time
Third Person Limited POV
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech
Hyperbole
When characters, events, and settings (in the ‘surface’ story) are used to represent abstract ideas or a moral/philosophical message
Allegory
An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. I.e. It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
The central character in a story
Protagonist
a "godlike" narrative perspective where an all-knowing narrator has unrestricted access to all characters' thoughts, feelings, and motivations, as well as events happening simultaneously in different locations.
Third Person Omniscient POV
Involves the reader's five senses
Imagery
The Vehicle (person, animal, creation) that moves the story forward
Characterization
The struggle between two opposing forces that is the basis of the plot
conflict
The time and place in which the action of a story occurs
Setting
Uses the pronouns "you," "your," and "yours" to directly address the reader, placing them at the center of the action
Second Person POV
Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate objects
Historical, mythological, literary religious/biblical, cultural etc.
Allusions
A writer says one thing, but means something entirely different
Verbal Irony
The final unwinding, or resolving of the conflicts and complications of the plot
Resolution
"I could hear my heart pounding as I crept down the dark hallway, wondering if I had left the front door unlocked".
First Person POV