Green
You can figuratively "See, hear, taste, touch, smell" while reading the story
Imagery
The Word that means what it sounds like. Ex: "Buzz", "Hiss"
Onomatopoeia
Two people talking. "Uses quotation marks."
Dialog
The feeling the reader gets
Mood
My brother eats like a pig!
Simile
The person telling the story
Narrator
My brother is an angel
Metaphor
The time and place a story takes place
Setting
the voice the author is projecting to his or her readers.
Tone
"It's like rain on your wedding day. A free ride when you've already paid. Good advice that you just didn't take. 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. It's meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife." ... Isn't it this?
-Alanis Morissette
Irony
The good guy (main character) and bad guy (force that goes against the good guy) of the story.
Protagonist/Antagonist
Heart=Love
American Flag=Freedom
Dove=Peace
Cross=Religion
Symbolism
"Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore."
Alliteration
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
Personification
Man vs Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
Conflict
The series of events in the story: Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion
plot pyramid
This character stays the SAME throughout the story. This character CHANGES by the end of the story.
Static and dynamic characters
The view from which the story is told
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Point of view
The way the author describes the characters.
-3Ps: Tall, funny, is a doctor
Characterization
Words that are stressed by the author.
"And miles to go before I sleep. And Miles to go before I sleep."
Repetition
A humorous play on words:
The duck says. "Put it on my bill."
Pun
The lesson or moral of the story. "Be kind." "Work hard." "Do more for others."
Theme
Clues an author gives that hint at what will happen later in the story.
Dark clouds were on the horizon.
Foreshadowing
"I told you a million times!"... An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Jumbo Shrimp
Cold Sweat
Icy Hot
Paradox
Oxymoron