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exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
when the author gives clues about what is coming
What is foreshadowing?
a category/type of literature characterized by a particular form or style.
What is a genre?
a type of drama concerning light(funny) events
What is a comedy?
language that appeals to a reader's senses (paints pictures with words)
What is imagery?
the feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work
What is mood?
The message the author is trying to convey of a literary work
What is theme?
a type of drama concerning serious events (death)
What is a tragedy?
when a character speaks directly to the audience
What is an aside?
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
All knowing. The narrator is not a character in the story but someone who stands outside the story and comments on the action.
What is the 3rd Person Omniscient POV?
the turning point, when something must be done about the conflict, highest point of interest
What is climax?
a direct comparison
What is a metaphor?
repetition of consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
A long speech that typically reveals private thoughts and emotions and is delivered by a character who is alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
when a character’s traits are directly stated by the author
What is direct characterization?
a group of lines in a poem that form a unit
What is a stanza?
when the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens
What is irony?
a character delivering a long speech alone on stage
What is a monologue?
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
when we learn about a character through their own actions or from another character
What is indirect characterization?
a pattern of end rhyme in a stanza
What is rhyme scheme?
A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story or literary work.
What is tone?
beginning of the plot (setting, characters, time frame)
What is exposition?