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Short Story Terms
Poetry Terms
Drama Terms
Characters
Making Connections
100
the narrator is "I", from the perspective of one of the characters in the story
What is first person point of view?
100
when words use like or as to make a comparison between two unlike things
What is a simile?
100
the turning point of the plot
What is the climax?
100
the most important character in a story
What is a protagonist?
100
forming word patterns by repeating similar vowel sounds
What is assonance?
200
a character struggling against the outside world
What is external conflict?
200
to give human qualities to an animal, object or concept
What is personification?
200
a character struggling with a decision or their own feelings
What is internal conflict?
200
a type of character that is characterized by one or two traits; not well developed; can be summed up in a sentence
What is a flat character?
200
bridges between words and ideas to connect them
What are transitions?
300
the perspective from which events are seen, a story is told, or an argument is made
What is point of view?
300
poetry that has no regular beat or pattern of rhythm
What is free verse?
300
the use of words to create a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
What is irony?
300
a personality, whether human or non-human, in a piece of writing
What is a character?
300
a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work
What is an extended metaphor?
400
a fixed idea where all members of a group are made out to be the same without room for individual differences
What is a stereotype?
400
words where the sound suggests the meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
400
a character (a group of characters speaking together) who set the scene and provide commentary for the audience
What is the chorus?
400
a type of character that is complex and many sided. This type of character may not be revealed until you have read an entire essay or story
What is a round character?
400
refers to connections that readers make between one piece of writing and another piece of writing
What is a text-to-text connection?
500
takes the reader through more ups and downs as the problem is attacked
What is falling action?
500
a short narrative poem told in songlike form
What is a ballad?
500
grabs the reader's attention and creates suspense as the main character's problem begins to unfold
What is rising action?
500
conflict that involves character(s) versus character(s)
What is interpersonal conflict?
500
a clear, logical flow in writing with smooth transitions between sentences and between paragraphs
What is coherence?