Plot
the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative; usually the marking of the turning point
What is climax?
Your eyes are roses
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things using like, as, than, appears, and seems.
What is simile?
the voice of the person telling the story; not to be confused with the author’s voice
The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work.
What is theme?
the part of the plot where the tensions diminish and the conflict begins to resolve
What is falling action?
Type of POV:
The girl sighed. She felt the weight of the world on her shoulders.
What is third person POV?
A comparison between two unlike things without using comparative words such as like, as, than, appears, and seems.
What is metaphor?
The way the narrative makes the reader feel.
What is mood?
the character, force, or collection of forces in fiction or drama that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the play.
What is antagonist?
the part of the narrative plot where complications arise and create conflict for the protagonist
He dances like a leaf in the wind.
What is a simile?
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true. Used for serious, comic, or ironic effect.
What is hyperbole?
A literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true
the part of a narrative that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. Includes what has gone on before, the relationships between characters, the development of a theme, and the introduction of a conflict
The sun kissed her shoulders, turning them freckled.
What is personification?
A person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and more abstract than its literal significance.
What is symbol?
The author’s implicit attitude toward the reader or the people, places, and events in a narrative.
What is tone?
imagery that appeals to sense of touch
The conclusion of the plot’s conflicts and complications. Also known as the resolution. Literally means the loose ends are tied up.
What is denouement?
specific type of sensory imagery:
The fire's scent lingered in the air, filling the night with pine and ash.
The act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect.
What is juxtaposition?
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. The usual way to join parallel structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as "and" or "or."
What is parallel structure?
Not just an amazing Kendrick Lamar song. Literature’s answer to karma - when characters receive the fate befitting their actions over the course of the narrative.
What is poetic justice?