Story parts 2
Essay Writing
Poetic Terms
Symbols from Stories & Poems
General Vocabulary 2
200

This is the thing that goes against the main character in a story. 


What is the antagonist?

200

The final paragraph of an essay which sums up the argument

What is the conclusion?

200

This is the repetition of beginning sounds of words, as in “he held her heart in his hand.”

What is alliteration?

200

Lord of the Flies: Order and civilization

What is the conch?

200

The part of the sentence that is the main verb.

What is the predicate?

400

How the reader feels about the subject and setting of the story.

What is the mood?

400

Usually the last sentence of the introduction which provides the main point and argument of the essay

What is the thesis?

400

The repetition of end sounds.

What is rhyme?

400

"The Windhover":

Jesus Christ


What is the kestrel?

400

The feelings and cultural ideas that go along with the meaning of a word.

What is connotation?

600

The big, underlying idea of a story that the author wants the reader to think about.

What is the theme?

600

This is information before a quote that gives a reader an indication of where the evidence comes from.

What is context?

600

Donne’s poem, “Death Be Not Proud” is an example of this poetic device.

What is personification?

600

"Shaving":

The beauty of the sunset

What is savoring a last moment with his dying father?

600

When elements of writing connect to our physical feelings.

What is a sensory detail?

800

A character that DOES NOT change over time is termed this.

What is static?

800

This is the purpose of the matters sentences

What is to explain why the evidence is important in relationship to the thesis and how it connects to the most important ideas

800

Two lines of poetry that rhyme, 

This is their name for all of time.


What is a couplet?

800

In "Through the Tunnel":

growth & rite of passage

The tunnel

800

A section of a poem with four lines.

What is a quatrain?

1000

When the speaker knows everything about all (or most) of the characters' thoughts and feelings in the story.

What is an omniscient narrator?

1000

Usually the second piece of information in an MLA citation for a book.

What is the book’s title

1000

A poem that highlights emotions in a particular moment.

What is a lyric poem?

1000

My Last Duchess

Poseidon taming the seahorse

Who is Ferrara subduing women

1000

The action of cleansing your feelings by viewing a very emotionally important art piece.

What is catharsis?