PLOT
Events that take place before the critical moment
Rising Action
Someone who shows multiple sides of their personality
Round character
This character never changes
Static Character
Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Words that imitate their sound; buzz, zip, ring
Onomatopoeia
Introduction of a story
Exposition
Someone whose personality never changes and remains the same for the entire text
Flat character
A character who changes or develops in a story
Dynamic character
A warning of a future event
Foreshadowing
An extreme exaggeration of the truth
Hyperbole
Events that take place after the climax
Falling Action
The way a person walks, talks, acts, thinks; how the author develops a character
Characterization
Giving human traits to a non-human thing
Personification
The implied meaning of a word, positive or negative
Connotation
Referring to something well-known or someone famous
Allusion
The problem set up in the inciting incident is unraveled
Resolution
The main character in a short story, play, or novel
Protagonist
Conversation between 2 or more characters in a literary work
Dialogue
Feeling anxious or uncertain about the outcome of events
Suspense
Metaphor
The most critical point in a story
Climax
The villain or object causing problems for the main character
Antagonist
When characters use words that are only spoken by people in a certain region or location
Dialect
A universal symbol or idea; a pattern
Archetype
A word, phrase or image that stands for or represents something else
Symbolism