Vocab 1
An interruption in the main events of the story to tell about an earlier time
Flashback
These are the three essential elements of any story (name all three)
Character, Setting, Plot
When a character in a play makes a speech alone, often revealing thoughts or plans to the audience. Antony makes one when he gives his true plans for revenge against the murders of Caesar.
soliloquy
Hints about what is coming later in the book
Foreshadowing
The author's attitude toward the subject
Tone
A play on words, usually meant to be humorous
pun
A story that explains origins or customs in the world
Myth
A long literary work usually featuring a hero with superhuman abilities on a great adventure
Epic poem
The opposite of what is expected
irony
The dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Images and feelings connected to a word
Connotation
When Julius Caesar compares himself to Mount Olympus just before he is murdered, it is an example of this
irony
What a reader learns about a character through the author's specific description
Direct characterization
What a reader infers about a character based on the character's thoughts, actions, behaviors, etc.
Indirect Characterization
Name the literary element in this example:
"I just finished the sequel to The Iliad; you really Odyssey it!"
pun