Story Structure
Define. Tone and Mood
Tone, in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
Define. Simile and Metaphor
A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.
Define. subject verb agreement
The subject and the verb must agree in number.
Define.exposition
Exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers.
Define. Point of view
Point of view is the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation.
Define. Symbol and Paradox
A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning.
A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time.
Define. Alliteration and Hyperbole
Alliteration is a literary device where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound.
Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
Define. pronoun antecedent agreement
is when the pronoun agrees in number and person, with its antecedent.
Define. Rising Action
Rising action in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.
Define. direct/indirect characterization
Indirect characterization describes a character through their thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue.
Direct characterization, or explicit characterization, describes the character through their physical description, line of work, or passions and pursuits.
Define. Allusion and Theme
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
The theme in a story is its underlying message, or big idea.
Define. Personification and Imagery
Personification is a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.
Imagery is the literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses.
Define. parallel structure
is repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage.
Define. Climax
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something
Define. Flashback
a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past
Define. Dialogue and Monologue
A dialogue is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another.
Monologue, in literature and drama, an extended speech by one person.
Define. Analogy and Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
Analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.
Define. Hyphen
A sign used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence.
Define. Falling Action
Falling action occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves.
Define. Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Define. Denotation and Connotation
Denotation is generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings.
Connotation refers to an implied meaning that's associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Define. Idiom and Oxymoron
Idiom refers to a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words.
Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
Define. Dependent clause and Independent Clause
A Dependent Clause Is a clause that provides a sentence element with additional information, but which cannot stand on it's own.
An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. It has both a subject and a verb and forms a complete thought.
Define. Resolution
The literary device resolution means the unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story.
Define. Verbal irony
Verbal irony occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to say.