Character
the main character that drives the narrative forward
Protagonist
The feelings the author creates in the reader through the setting or other details
Mood/Atmosphere
consistent use of the pronoun “you,” rarely used, that immerses reader into the experience of the narrator
Second Person
the imitation of sounds by words either directly or suggestively
Onomatopoeia
A literary device giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas
Personification
Type of characterization that requires reader to deduce character traits based on thought process, dialogue, behavior, or response from other characters
Indirect
An interruption of the narrative to show an episode that happened before the story opens
Flashback
This type of narrator can enter the minds of all the characters
Omniscient
The repetition of consonant sounds
Alliteration
The word choices made by the writer that reveal the tone
Diction
This type of character remains the same throughout the narrative
Static
A situation or statement that is significantly different from what is expected
Irony
a narrator, who, we perceive, is deceptive, self-deceptive, deluded, or deranged. This may be first or third person.
Unreliable
poetry with irregular meter and usually without rhyme, but definitely not the regular rhythm of traditional poetry
Free Verse
any object, person, place, or action that stands for something broader than itself
Symbol
weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the hero
Tragic Flaw
Placing two concepts (characters, events, images, etc.) side by side in order to illustrate a theme
Juxtaposition
A narrator who is omniscient only over the minds of a few of the characters or the mind of a single character.
Limited
Poetic meter consisting of 5 metric feet with syllables that are unstressed/stress, often used in Shakespeare's plays and poetry
Iambic Pentameter
A brief, often direct reference to something outside the work of literature
Allusion
A character who parallels or contrasts another character in order to highlight the first character's traits or choices
Foil
literary device in which a story is enclosed in another story, a tale within a tale
Frame Story
The attitude of a speaker or writer toward a subject, a character, or the reader
Tone
the use of words that do not strictly rhyme but approximately rhyme
Slant Rhyme
a form of concise paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression
Oxymoron