Column #3
all the distinctive ways an author uses language to create a literary work;
What is style?
the comparison of two or more related objects or events using the words like or as in the phrasing
What is simile?
a character who, like a real person, possesses many different, even contradictory, character traits
What is round character?
the natural divisions of a poem, similar to a paragraph in a work of prose
What is stanza?
time and place in which the plot takes place
What is setting?
a character who does not change through the course of a story
What is static character?
the use of objects, animals (especially birds), colors, etc. that have a greater or universal meaning beyond their simple existence.
What is symbolism?
a building or rising sense of concern or interest in what will happen in a plot
What is suspense?
a set pattern of rhyming words found at the ends of lines of poetry
What is rhyme scheme?
an object that is used to represent something else
What is symbol?
when a character is alone (solo) on stage, speaking aloud her thoughts or emotions. Soliloquies often reveal motivation and/or foreshadowing.
What is soliloquy?
A play on words
What is pun?
ridicule intended to expose truth
What is satire?
a fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
What is sonnet?
the part of the story’s plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out
What is resolution?
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
What is rhetoric?
the primary position taken by a writer or speaker
What is thesis?
the message, advice, or warning about life and/or relationships the author shares through the characters’ experiences.
What is theme?
the narrator of the story exists outside of the story’s events and uses the pronouns “he,” “she,” “they,” etc.
What is third person POV?
sentence structure
What is syntax?
the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs
What is turning point?
a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle, which ends in ruin or destruction
What is tragedy?
a habit, personality trait, or practice that repeatedly causes a character problems in his/her life and ultimately causes his or her downfall or destruction
What is tragic flaw?
a technique in which prose follows the logic and flow of a character’s (or multiple characters’) thought processes—their associations, tangents, and seemingly strange transitions—rather than a more ordered narrative
What is stream of consciousness?
the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience
What is tone?