The main idea of the passage.
Central Idea
The figurative meaning of an idea or word.
Connotation
When the passage goes back in time to show a particular event.
Flashback
Fair is foul, and fould is fair.
Alliteration
The problem that the main characters have to deal with.
Conflict
The literal meaning of a phrase or word.
Denotation
A visual description of a certain thing.
Imagery
Yes...my refridgerator is running...
Personification
The conversation between people in a book, movie, etc.
Dialogue
A summary with all facts (no opinions).
Objective Summary
A joke that goes with the current flow of the story
Ex. What does a flea and the eiffel tower have in common? They are both paris-sites!
Pun
Im so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
The creation of a fictional character.
Characterization
The place or location of the book, movie, passage, etc.
Setting
A narrator that the reader has trouble believing.
Unreliable Narrator
BOOM! POW! KAPLOW!!
Onomatopoeia
Two ideas put together that contradict eachother.
Ex. Original copy
Oxymoron
The main subject of a passage.
Theme
Speaking ones thoughts aloud.
Soliloquy
To look upon another peice of literature in a passage.
Inference