CHARACTERS
An uncomplicated character who only has one or two character traits.
Flat/Static Character
Without this, a story is very boring
Conflict
Includes Clothing, Technology, Language, Customs/Culture, Weather, Historical Period, Time, & Place.
Setting
Giving human qualities to an animal or object.
Personification
The book was so popular, it flew off the shelves
Hyperbole
A character who grows and changes over the course of a text.
Dynamic/Round Character
The point of highest emotional intensity in a story.
Climax
The use of sensory details.
An object, event, person, or animal that stands both for itself and also for something else.
Symbolism
My computer is being stubborn today
Personification
A narrator who lacks credibility.
Unreliable Narrator
A scene in a story that is set in a time earlier than the main story.
Flashback
Idea or insight about life and human nature
Theme
Comparing two things not using “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
“While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.”
-The Raven
Alliteration
Requires the audience to observe the thoughts, actions, dialogue, etc. of a character to uncover their traits.
Indirect Characterization
Name the conflict:
“A persecuted girl fights back against the community who has judged her and failed to believe in her.”
Person vs. society
Atmosphere created by author’s word choices and details of setting.
Mood
A word that stands for a sound.
Onomatopoeia
I wished my father would give it up and leave, but he was on the case like Sherlock Holmes.
Allusion
Character with qualities directly opposing those of the main character.
Foil
The audience knows more than the characters.
Dramatic Irony
The author's or narrator's attitude toward the subject and audience, conveyed through word choice, sentence structure, and figurative language
The repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words.
Assonance
“And there are other dangers as well. It’s best to stay here.”
“What other dangers?”
“Nothing you need to concern yourself with. Not yet, at least.”
Foreshadowing