Character Terms
a character that changes/grows throughout the story
dynamic
Onomatopoeia
The point of the story with the most conflict / the main point
climax
creating a mental picture
imagery
denotation
dictionary definition
the main character of the story
protagonist
the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity
consonance
the wrapping up of the story that ties up loose ends
resolution
the way the author feels about the story
tone
connotation
associations we make with words
a character who stays the same throughout a story
static
the ordered pattern of rhymes in a poem
rhyme scheme
The beginning of a story where background is introduced
exposition
theme
objective summary
what happened in the story without emotions/analysis
the character who causes conflict for the main character
antagonist
14-line poem, traditionally in iambic pentameter, that explores a single idea or emotion
sonnet
the sequence of interconnected events in a story, explaining what happens and why
plot
the feeling of waiting for something to happen / unease / tension
suspense
inference
an educated guess made based on the story
the physical and personality traits of a character
characterization
a common rhythmic pattern in poetry where each line has ten syllables, arranged in five pairs consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
imabic pentameter
Tension is starting to build in the story
rising action
a thing that represents a bigger idea or concept
symbol
point of view
the view from which a story is told / who the narrator is