Plot
Refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
A character or force in conflict with the protaginist.
A character or force in conflict with the main character.
A figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as."
What is a simile?
"A wary wanderer wavers on his way" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
The emotions an author tries to create I the reader through their descriptions and word choices.
What is mood?
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is conflict?
Utilized as a literary device to indicate the angle or perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
A saying or expression that is widely used among speakers of a certain language and whose figurative meaning is different from its literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
What is omomatopoeia?
The deeper meaning or universal idea beyond the events of the story
What is theme/central idea?
A scene that is set in a time earlier than the main story
What is a flashback?
An autobiography inherently must be written in this point of view.
What is 1st person?
Creates implicit comparisons without the express use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The most common structure of a story, when events occur in time order.
What is chronological order?
Understanding sarcasm involves using this literary element to analyze how the author really feels about the topic.
What is tone?
A literary device that indicates or hints to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.
What is foreshaddowing?
This point of view uses "you" and is thus rare in short stories, coming up most often in procedural writing.
What is 2nd person point of view?
"So long as eyes can see...So long will I love you" is an exaggeration known as this.
Vivid sensory descriptions.
What is imagery?
An object that represents a larger message or motif in the story.
What is a symbol?
When the reader knows something that the character does not (usually creating humor or tension)
What is dramatic irony?
A literary device in which a character is created based on a set of qualities or traits that common to the genre and easily recognized by readers.
(Ex: The popular cheerleader or the wise wizard)
What is an archetype?
"Feather of lead" and "Poison rejuvenating" are contradictions, making them this.
What is oxymoron?
The technique that an individual author uses in his writing
What is style?
Refers to the linguistic choices made by a writer to convey an idea by careful choice and use of connotation.
What is diction or word choice?