Stories of Short
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place, as well as when it takes place.
setting
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
stanza
When writing poetry, this type of spacing should be used.
single
An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
stage directions
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
personification
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
plot
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
simile
This type of spacing should be used when writing prose.
double
Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
dialogue
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
alliteration
The action or process of telling a story.
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
connotation
These two items are always needed in an in-text citation and are first case, best case scenario.
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A time when a difficult or important decision must be made.
crisis
The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
denotation
The creation or construction of a fictional character.
characterization
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.
allusion
If no author is available for an in-text citation, then this should be used instead, when in the parenthetical.
What is the title of the source, the first 3-4 words if it is long( )?
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
irony
The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity.
consonance
A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process
symbol
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
metaphor
These four items belong in an MLA block in the upper right hand corner for basic document formatting.
Author Full Name
Full Date (written out)
Name of the Course and Number
Professor's Preferred Name
The part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced.
exposition
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
assonance