Drama &Plot Structure Vocabulary
What is the main character called?
Protagonist
What type of plot presents the events out of order (includes flashback and foreshadowing)
non-linear plot
What is the perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
What is language that is not meant to be taken literally called?
figurative language
What is a flaw in reasoning or faulty logic called?
logical fallacy
What is the author of a play called?
Playwright
When the author gives hints or clues about what will happen later to create suspense?
foreshadowing
What shows how a text is organized?
text structure
What is a comparison that explains an idea called?
analogy
Which appeal is a persuasion based on popularity, often stating, "Everyone is doing it"?
bandwagon appeal
What are the smaller sections within an act called?
scenes
What type of plot presents events in chronological order?
linear plot
What is the point of view in which the narrator is not one of the characters, but knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters?
3rd omniscient
What is it called when the opposite of what is expected happens?
irony
What are techniques used to persuade or impact the reader, for example, repetition or rhetorical questions?
Rhetorical Devices
What is the reason a character acts a certain way called?
motivation
What type of plot structure is to explain background information?
flashback
What are the titles, headings, bold words, and italics
that help readers locate key information in print?
Print Features
What is it called when the author places two ideas side by side to highlight contrast between the two?
Juxtaposition
When a sentence is written in which the subject performs the action.
active voice
What are the smaller stories that support the main plot called?
subplot
what type of plot shows two or more storylines happening at the same time?
Parallel Plot
What are visual elements like charts, diagrams, or images that are mostly used mostly in informational texts called?
Graphic Features
What is a metaphor that is developed over several lines or paragraphs that is used to deepen meaning?
Ex. Shakespeare's "All the world is a stage"
extended metaphor
What is he author’s unique writing style or personality or how the writing “sounds” called? ex. sarcastic
the author's voice