Plot Elements
The point of greatest suspense in a plot when the outcome of the conflict becomes known.
What is climax?
This type of character exists to go against the "good guy," or main character.
What is antagonist?
The emotional response the reader “feels” while reading-- the vibes of a piece of writing.
What is mood?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using the connective words of "like" or "as."
What is simile?
When what actually happens is opposite to what is expected or appropriate.
This literary term refers to when tension increases and the main conflicts of the story become clear.
What is rising action?
This foreign-sounding word describes the type of story that is told in a non-linear fashion: it starts in the middle and uses flashbacks.
What is media res?
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character. (Hint: it can impact the mood).
What is tone?
What is allusion?
When the speaker/writer says one thing, but means the opposite.
What is verbal irony?
Occurs immediately after the climax, when the book begins to slow down.
What is falling action?
The anxiety or uncertainty that a character (and usually the reader!) feel about what might happen next.
What is suspense?
The process by which the writer reveals the personality and physical traits of a character.
What is characterization?
When we oftentimes give human qualities to nonhuman things, such as death and nature.
What is personification?
The fact that firemen in Fahrenheit 451 are commissioned to burn, instead of put out, fires.
What is situational irony?
When all the loose ends are wrapped up and the book is about to end.
What is resolution?
The characters Batman, Hermione Granger, Rachel Berry, and Junie B. Jones all have this in common.
What is protagonists?
This type of language appeals to the senses--- you feel as if you can actually see, hear, and feel the things happening in the story.
What is imagery?
Comparing two seemingly unlike things, this time without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
This is when the audience knows something that the character doesn't.
What is dramatic irony?
This term refers to the introductory part of text, when basic information is established.
What is exposition?
The person telling a story in this type of Point-of-View knows absolutely everything about every character.
What is third-person omniscient?
These two elements of writing often go hand-in-hand: mood and...
What is setting?
What is metaphor?
When Odysseus, the King of Ithaca and a very important person, tells Polyphemus that his name is "Nohbdy."
What is verbal irony?