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Irony
Literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality
Exposition
Writing or speech that explains a process or presents information
Flashbacks
Memories of past events
Significant Details
Important information in a book or movie
Dynamic Characters
Develop and grow during the course of the story
Cause and Effect
One thing leads to another
Rising Action
All events leading up to the climax
Foreshadowing
Use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
Tone
Writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject
Direct Characterization
Directly states a character's traits
Background Knowledge
Context needed to understand the story
Climax
High point of interest or suspense
Suspense
Feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
Shows many traits
Indirect Characterization
Showing a character's personality through their actions, thoughts, feelings, words, and appearance or through another character's observations and reactions
Allusions
Reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Falling Action
The denouement
Symbolism
Anything that stands for, or represents, something else
Flat Characters
Demonstrates a single trait
Internal Conflict
Involves a character in conflict with themselves
Alliteration
What is the literary technique used in a lot of tongue twisters? (Hint: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.)
Resolution
The end of the story in which an insight or a change as a result of the conflict as shown
Theme
Central message or insight revealed through a literary work
Static Characters
Do not change
External Conflict
The main character struggles against an outside force