Authors
The spokesman for "the lost generation" whose spare style profoundly influenced modern literature.
Ernest Hemingway
Her symbolic name reinforces bird imagery and themes of rebirth and cycles of life.
Phoenix Jackson
An event that introduces the conflict and sets it in motion.
inciting incident
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions.
Imagery
Abundantly productive; fertile, prolific
teeming
Grew up in the town of Eatonville. Father was the mayor.
Zora Neale Hurston
She shows resilience and care for her loved ones in the face of family loss.
Ma (The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden)
Introduces readers to the setting, characters, and situation of the story.
exposition
A central character who is predominantly flawed.
antihero
The use of unnecessarily wordy language.
Humorist who published both cartoons and articles in The New Yorker.
James Thurber
His life and story reflect themes of perseverance, pain and hardship, and friendship.
Santiago (The Old Man)
The final outcome of a story
denouement
An official commendation for meritorious action
citation
imprecation
Known for his writing guide Elements of Style and children's books The Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little, and Charlotte's Web.
E. B. White
A timid coworker contemplates this woman's murder.
Mrs. Barrows
The point where the plot reaches its highest emotional intensity.
climax
A style of narration that fluidly follows the author's (or character's) thoughts.
Stream-of-consciousness
Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic
listless
Playwright who used everyday life to illustrate universal human experience.
Thornton Wilder
He wishes to be a man this desire comes at a high cost.
Pepé
The major turning point for the protagonist in a story.
crisis
An object, image, description, or theme that repeats throughout literature or a specific work.
motif
Not one
nary