The character who works against the main character and is usually the source of the conflict.
Antagonist
The strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary regardless of its emotional connotation.
Denotation
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Haiku
Define the Literary Term: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing used to make a description more emphatic or vivid ("like" or "as")
Simile
Define the Literary Term: The beginning sound of a word is repeated throughout a sentence
Alliteration
Another word for "word choice"
Diction
Define the Literary Term: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
The “extra” meaning a word carries beyond its strict dictionary meaning. For example, “home” means the same as “house” but “home” also carries the meaning that certain qualities and personal possessions are also implied.
Connotation
A round character who changes or evolves over the course of the story.
Dynamic Character
A technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form. It is an art of discourse, which studies and employs various methods to convince, influence, or please an audience.
Rhetoric
A reference to something famous to make a point. For example, if your teacher calls your class a horde of Mongols, students would have no idea if they were being praised or reprimanded unless they know what the Mongol horde was.
Allusion
a phrase having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
Idiom
A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
Juxtaposition