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writing or speech that explains a process or presents information in the plot of a story or drama, the exposition is the part of the work that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation.
Exposition
a struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or nonliteral meaning rather than making any literal sense
Idiom
Her hands were silver like sea urchins
Simile
Boom! Bang!
Onomatopoeia
all the events leading up to the climax
Rising Action
The main character struggles against an outside force
External conflict
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.
Assonance
simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
Jumbo shrimp
Oxymoron
the conflict then increases during the development until it reaches a high point of interest or suspense
Climax
involves a character in conflict with himself or herself
Internal conflict
When and where the story takes place
Setting
Go Slow over the road.
Assonance
The daring man dove deep into the depths of the sea
Alliteration
the climax is followed by the falling action
Falling action
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
Character
She is sitting on pins and needles
Idiom
Positive- Inexpensive, Negative- Cheap
Connotation
a general insight or change is conveyed
Resolution
words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia
Protagonist
When a fire station burns down.
Situational Irony
The leaves danced across the yard
Personification