Freytag's Pyramid
Revealing characters, setting, conflict, and details
Exposition
Explaining and creating characters
Characterization
The villain; opposes the main character
Antagonist
Author gives hints about what might come
Foreshadowing
An extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect
Hyperbole
Events leading up to the big problem
Rising action
Author tells you about characters
Direct characterization
Changes due to events in the story; grows in some way
Dynamic Character
Comparison of two things using like or as
Simile
A reference to a well-known person, text, or event
Allusion
The big problem
Climax
You discover things about characters
Indirect characterization
Does not change or grow during the story
Static Character
Comparison of two things not using like or as
Metaphore
A sound word
Onomonopia
Everything after the climax
Falling action
Thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors of characters
Internal characteristics
A character who develops or changes
Round Character
Giving items, objects, or ideas human characteristics
Personification
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
Alliteration
Solving the problem
Physical attributes of characters
External characteristics
Someone in the background with no history or development
Flat Character
a comparison of two opposite ideas to create an image or evoke a sense
Oxymoron
A writer or speaker speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object
Apostrophe