Short story
the major character in a narrative or drama that works against the hero or protagonist
antagonist
The repetition of the beginning sounds in groups of words usually at the beginning of a word or a stressed syllable
Alliteration
Techniques or words used to create a particular effect
Literary devices
A figure of speech in which contradictory words are placed together for the purpose of expressing deep feelings or to emphasize a point
Oxymoron
A narrative poem or song that tells a popular story
Ballad
The originator or creator of a piece of work especially written
Author
The associations a word or image evokes that go beyond the literal meaning
Connotations
Who undergo some kind of change because of the action in the plot
Dynamic
This is to a poem what a paragraph is to a short story
Stanza
A long narrative poem dealing with the actions of legendary men and women or the history of nations of ten presented in a good ceremonial style
Epic
Two lines of verse with similar end rhymes
Couplet
Who embody one or two qualities ideas or traits that can be easily described in a brief summary
Flat
Terms used to describe features of poetic writing
Poetic device
More complex characters who often display the inconsistencies and internal conflicts found in real people
Round
Who do not change throughout the work and the readers knowledge of the character does not grow
Static
The way a language is spoken in a particular region or place
Dialect
Any obstacle or conflict that increases the tension of the story’s conflict
Complication
A poetic device which uses words to address to someone or something absent or silent as if it were present and alive or capable to making a reply
Apostrophe
Include character, plot,setting, point of view, style, conflict........
Literary elements
A symbolic story having a second deeper meaning beneath the readily apparent one
Allegory
When a concrete item represents an abstract idea or quality
Symbolism
The narrator only presents his or her own thoughts which is only one side of the story
Limited
A type of lyric poem that expresses sadness for someone who had died
Elegy
A reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event used to make ideas more easily understood
Allusion