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Common Noun & Proper
A general type of person place thing or idea & Particular using capital letters
Dynamic Character
Climax/Turning Point
The event that determines the outcome of the story
Personification
Giving human like qualities to non-human objects
Pronoun
Replaces nouns in sentences
Indirect Characterization & Direct
Writers show you what a character is like & the writer tells you what a character is like
Static Character
A character that stays the same
Falling Action
All loose ends of the plot are tied up
Foil Characters
A character who serves as a contrast to another character
Conjunction & the seven coordinating conjunctions.
Connects words and sentences. For,And,Nor,But,Or,Yet,So.
Verbal Irony
When a character says something but it means something else
Rising Action
The section of the plot leading up to the climax
Resolution
The story comes to a reasonable ending
Symbolism
Symbols that represent ideas or qualities
Prepositional Phrase
Shows relationship between an object and the sentence
Situational Irony
When a characters actions bring unexpected results
Aside
Passage intended to be heard by the audience not the characters
Soliloquy & Monolouge
A long speech spoken alone & A long speech spoken to someone
Metaphor & Theme
A message the author wants you to know/take with you & A more direct comparison that doesn’t use like or as
Active Voice / Passive Voice
The subject performs the action & The subject receives the action
Dramatic Irony
When the reader is sure something will happen but the audience doesn’t know
Exposition
Beginning information essential to the story
Interjection
Used to add emphasis/Expresses strong or sudden emotion
Allegory
Story, Poem, or picture that can reveal a hidden meaning
Subject-Verb Agreement
They must agree in number