Setting the Tone
The author's choice of words.
What is diction?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words.
What is alliteration?
A scene that interrupts the established linear narrative of a text, often introducing character backgrounds and other important details.
What is a flashback?
A commonly used character type which often acts as a symbol.
What is an archetype?
Sensory images evoked through descriptive language in a text.
What is imagery?
A manner of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area.
What is dialect?
A sudden realization or discovery of the truth or meaning of things.
What is an epiphany?
A character who contrasts with the protagonist, though they may share some similarities.
What is a foil?
The arrangement of words and length of a sentence.
What is syntax?
The repetition of vowel sounds in adjacent words.
What is assonance?
When the reader or audience member knows something that a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
A startling or extended metaphor that is stretched over several lines or an entire work.
What is a conceit?
Exaggeration to emphasize a feeling, issue, or situation for effect.
What is hyperbole?
A pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation.
What is caesura?
A narrative that starts in the middle of the plot as opposed to its exposition.
What is in media res?
The act of contrasting two objects or images side by side to highlight their differences.
What is juxtaposition?
The cleansing or purging of emotion in or caused by a literary work.
What is catharsis?
When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any punctuation.
What is enjambment?
When the expected action is turned on its head and the opposite happens instead.
What is situational irony?
A statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time.
What is a paradox?