The time, place, and mood of a work of literature.
Setting
100
A person (in the literature) who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature.
Character
200
The forces arrayed against the main character (persons, things, conventions of society, or traits of the protagonist's own character).
Conflict or Antagonist
200
"I'm so tired I could sleep for a year" is an example of this.
Hyperbole
200
"BOOM" "CRASH" is an example of this.
onomatopoeia
200
a worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
200
a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms Example: Hell's Angels, light in darkness.
Oxymoron
300
A character who does not change throughout a work; the reader's knowledge of the character also does not grow.
Static Character
300
A poetry paragraph
Stanza
300
writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. Examples: metaphor, personification.
Figurative language
300
Author tells the story in third person, but from the viewpoint of a single character. The thoughts and feelings of other characters are not shown.
Limited-Omniscient Point of view
300
The mood of the story is also called...
tone
400
a scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, to fill in information or explain something in the present
Flashback
400
A main idea. Something the audience can learn.
Theme
400
language that appeals to the 5 senses
Imagery
400
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
Exposition
400
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
paradox
500
A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose of the foil character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only.
Character Foil
500
a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize
Allusion
500
no repeating patterns of syllables, no rhyme, conversational, modern
Free Verse
500
The audience knowing something that the character doesn't.
Dramatic Irony
500
Downplaying the meaning of a situation. The opposite of an overreaction.