It's All in the Plot
The turning point in a story
Climax
Prove to be false; disprove
Refute or Rebuttal
Actors in a play
Cast
The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader.
Mood
An autobiography
Memoir
A series of events that create suspense, interest, and tension in a story leading to the climax.
Rising Action
The name used for the thesis
Claim
Conversation between two or more characters
Dialogue
A conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence.
Inference
A letter or group of letters that is added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
Prefix
A series of events that form the story in a novel, movie, etc.
Plot
The argument that opposes the claim of the paper.
Counterclaim
A division of an act in a play during which the action takes place in a single place without a break in time.
Scene
The general attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. The way the author expresses his attitude through his writing.
Tone
A letter or group of letters that is added to the end of a word to change its meaning or to form a different word.
Suffix
Forms the basis of a theory or plot
Premise
Restates the original claim and summarizes the evidence.
Concluding Argument
A written instruction in a play telling what an actor is doing, usually in parenthesis.
Stage Directions
A brief statement or account of the main points of a piece of writing.
Summary
A literary device used to make connections between familiar and unfamiliar things.
Analogy
A story element that evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear, and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters
Tension
Facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Evidence
A person who writes plays
Playwright
An underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
Theme
A confident statement of belief, oftentimes without proof
Assertion