This is an example of...
Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll
One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.
Rhyme
POV
Point of view
Simile
Anything using like or as
This character always stays the same and doesn't change throughout the story.
Eg. Ned Flanders, R2D2
Static Character
What is the most intense part of the story called in a plot graph?
The Climax
Robert Frost- "After-Apple Picking:"
I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.
And I keep hearing from the cellar bin
The rumbling sound
Of load on load of apples coming in.
Imagery
Tone
What emotion is most pervasive in the work
Metaphor
Comparing WITHOUT like or as
A character that embodies a stereotype
The Jock, The evil stepmother
Stock Character
What kind of conflict would Ekam rebelling against Superstore be?
Person V Establishment
The Soul selects her own Society (303) by Emily Dickinson
"The Soul selects her own Society-
Then - shuts the Door -"
Alliteration
Theme
What the story is telling you, NOT what category it is
A protagonist
any main character
Two characters meant to be held up and compared
Eg. Aragorn and Boromir, Luigi and Waluigi
Foils
What literary device can make you sad even if the words you're reading aren't necessarily sad?
Mood
"Whoosh" "Whack" "Bark!"
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
an indirect reference to another figure, event, place, or work of art that exists outside the story.
Oxymoron
Two side by side conflicting words
Peace Force, Old News, Almost Exactly
A character with one or two personality traits
Eg. Carl and Lenny (Simpsons)
Flat
What are the three parts of setting?
Time
Place
Condition
Lewis Carol "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
"'Mine is a long and a sad tale!' said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. 'It is a long tail, certainly,' said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it sad?' And she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking."
Pun
Couplet
A stanza of two lines
Hyperbole
Hungry as a horse
The Bad Guy
Eg. Megatron, Green Goblin
Antagonist
Name an example of foreshadowing
Ex. seeing the secret magical weapon that will win the war hidden in the first scene of a movie.