Term 1
The dictionary meaning of a word
Denotation
These types of characters do not change.
Static Characters
Diction
Drip
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm is an example of which form of irony
Verbal Irony
These characters experience change in some way from the beginning of the story to the end.
Dynamic Characters
The implied meaning of a word.
Connotation
Epiphany
A moment of enlightenment that may be caused by an everyday event or occurrence.
Poetry, Drama or Essays
Genre
The Stadium smelled like fresh popcorn.
Imagery
The reason for an article or selection's existence.
Purpose
A brief story or account of a single incident without elaboration.
Anecdote
Dramatic Irony
Occurs when the audience and/or one or more character in a literary work are aware of information that other characters are not.
Organized Chaos
Oxymoron
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
Hyperbole
An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of the work's action.
Flashback
When hints of what is to come in the action of the play or story are given
Foreshadowing
Indirect Characterization
When the author reveals a character by what he/she says or does, or what other characters say about them.
Deep Green Sea
Assonance
Lost/past or confess/dismiss, or middle/muddle
Consonance
When an author states explicit information that reveals a character.
Direct Characterization
When an object or action in a literary work means more than itself. It stands for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Allusion
a reference, within a literary work, to another literary work, film, piece of art or real life event
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get!
Analogy
A Fire station burns down
Situational Irony