NAME THAT LITERARY TERM
This is the overall lesson of the story
THEME
The lady who is sad, then happy, then dies in "The Story of an Hour"
expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
IRONY
Comparison using like or as
SIMILE
The start and introduction to the story. Establishes setting and tone and mood
EXPOSITION
How the author writes; how they want the reader to feel
TONE
The fireman who has a crisis of conscience and starts to read the books he is told to burn.
reader or audience knows something that the character does not
DRAMATIC IRONY
Comparison NOT using like or as
METAPHOR
Leads to the climax
RISING ACTION
The reader feels this
MOOD
The first name of Ms. Menear
Anne
speaker says something different from what they mean
VERBAL IRONY
OUCH! POP! BAM! BOOM! KERPLUNK!
ONOMATOPOEIA
Leads to resolution
FALLING ACTION
Using symbols to mean something bigger
SYMBOLISM
Author THE VELDT, SOUND OF THUNDER, and a novel we just read
Ray Bradbury
SITUATIONAL IRONY
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
ALLITERATION
Most intense part of the story
CLIMAX
Hinting at something to come
FORESHADOWING
Poet who wrote "The Applicant"; she stuck her head in an oven
SYLVIA PLATH
use of irony to mock or convey contempt
SARCASM
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
PERSONIFICATION
The closing point of the story. All loose ends are finalized.
RESOLUTION