Fiction
What the text is mainly about
Central Idea
The attitude of a character or narrator
Tone
Words with similar meanings
Synonyms
The reason the author writes the text
Purpose
Conversation between characters
Dialogue
words that begin with a repeating consonants in a sentence
Alliteration
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
a contradicting statement or true and untrue at the same time
Ex. Deep down, you're really shallow.
paradox
Compares without using like or as
Metaphor
The exaggeration of sounds
Examples: POW!, Zapp, BOOOM
onomatopoeia
The opposite meaning of a word
Antonyms
A question used to make an effect rather than gain an answer.
Rhetorical Question
Creation of a character
Characterization
to refer to an external person, place, or event.
allusion
The pattern of rhymes in a poem
Ex. ABAB CDCD
Rhyme Scheme
A monologue given by a character that is alone.
Soliloquy
Oxymoron
generic story concepts
examples: The hero, the villain, the goofy friend
archetype
Two lines that have the same meter
Ex. I saw a little hermit crab. His coloring was oh so drab
Couplets
the authors way of organizing a text
examples: chronological order, cause effect
Structure