Literary Terms
This is the word for the type or category of story
Genre
This type of poem is usually three lines long and focuses attention on describing a moment in time / nature
Haiku
Example: Godzilla vs. Kong
Character vs. Character
This part of Freytag's Pyramid represents the beginning of the story, when we meet the main characters and learn about the setting.
Introduction / Exposition
This type of conflict usually involves someone struggling with their emotions or self-image.
This is the word for the moral, message, or lesson of a story
Theme
This type of poem has a rhyme scheme that goes ABA, BCB, CC.
Example: a kid lost out in the wilderness who must find a way to survive the elements
Character vs. Nature
This part of Freytag's Pyramid represents the point of the story where the major conflict of the story begins.
Inciting Incident
This word means you're attempting to better understand something
Analyzing
This is the word for elements of a story that are repeatedly found within a certain type of story
Trope
This type of poem is created by removing words until only the purposefully kept words are left to make the poem
Blackout Poem
Example: Lindsey Lohan versus a whole school of mean girls
Character vs. Society
This part of Freytag's Pyramid represents the point of the story in which the main character has to deal with the big, final problem of the story.
This is when you take notes on the text you're reading, including your own thoughts and questions; underlines and highlighting; summaries; and so on.
Annotating
Foil Characters
This type of poem is written in such a way that it usually looks like an object or scene.
Concrete Poem
Example: a chess master must beat a super computer at chess
Character vs. Technology
This part of Freytag's Pyramid represents the final part of the story, in which we learn the final fate of the main characters.
Conclusion / Denouncement
This was the style of drawing people that included big round heads, smaller bodies with basic shapes, and wavy arms and legs.
Ivan Brunetti
These are the terms for the two different ways that we learn about characters -- sometimes, readers must figure out a character based on their thoughts and actions; sometimes, the author just tells us what they're like!
Indirect and Direct Characterization
This kind of poem has no specific rules that need to be followed.
Free Verse Poem
Example: Hamlet isn't sure whether he should kill his uncle and take his rightful place as king
Character vs. Supernatural / Fate / Gods
These two parts of Freytag's Pyramid's that indicate that the conflicts are getting more and less intense for the protagonist.
This feels like a clue but is actually a purposeful misdirection by the author of a mystery.
Red Herring