Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures; imagery is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery
100
The time and place in which a narrative occurs
What is the setting
100
Words with similar meanings
What is synonym
100
The sequence of related events that make up a story or novel
What is plot
200
Words with opposite meanings
What is an antonym
200
In writing, evidence (facts, statistics, examples) that support a topic sentence
What is a detail
200
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
200
To make ineffective or negate
What is a negation
200
The central character in a work of literature, the one who is involved in the main conflict in the plot
What is protagonist
300
A way of carrying out a particular task
What is technique
300
The overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter
What is mood
300
A character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore
What is archetype
300
Brief and to the point
What is concise
300
The amount of time a writer gives to describing each event and developing each stage of the plot
What is pacing
400
The circumstances or facts that surround your particular event or situation
What is context
400
A writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject
What is tone
400
A struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict
400
An essay that makes an assertion and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary
What is an expository essay
400
A long narrative poem about the deeds of heroes or gods
What is an epic
500
This literary term is the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word-beyond its literal definition
What is connotation
500
A subtle difference or distinction in meaning
What is a nuance
500
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
What is diction
500
A type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in and incident