Elements of Story
The point in a narrative where the dramatic tension peaks.
What is the CLIMAX?
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is a THEME?
A figure of speech in which a thing – an idea, an object, or an animal – is given human attributes.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
The "father" of Rhetoric.
Who was ARISTOTLE?
A specific type of adjective: A, AN, THE.
What is an ARTICLE?
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is CONFLICT?
The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
What is SYMBOLISM?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things, frequently using "like" or "as."
What is a SIMILE?
An appeal to the audience based on the author's credibility or ethical character.
The part of speech used to denote a particular person, place, or thing.
What is a PROPER NOUN?
A common device used in mystery and thriller stories to distract the reader from identifying the real culprit.
What is a RED HERRING?
Social conditions, historical time, geographical locations, weather, immediate surroundings, and timing are all different aspects of this literary device.
What is SETTING?
A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
What is HYPERBOLE?
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
A part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun by describing: which, whose, what kind, or how many?
What is an ADJECTIVE?
A sequence of inter-related events presented to listeners or readers, in words arranged in a logical manner.
What is a NARRATIVE?
This type of literary device can be DIRECT (EXPLICIT) or INDIRECT (IMPLICIT).
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is an ALLUSION?
Timeliness, appropriateness, decorum, symmetry, balance; "the circumstances that open moments of opportunity"
What is KAIROS?
A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.
What is a PART OF SPEECH?
A typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature.
What is an ARCHETYPE?
A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events; can be employed to tell a story, with a purpose of teaching or explaining an idea or a principle.
What is ALLEGORY?
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect.
What is ANAPHORA?
The devices in rhetoric that classify the speaker's appeal to the audience.
What are the MODES OF PERSUASION / RHETORICAL APPEALS?
A clause that provides a sentence element with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE?