Definition
A short, very detailed scene of a story.
Vignette
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inference
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.
Setting
The place and time the story takes place.
The place and time the character describes himself in or is seen in.
Setting
The similarities between two things using comparison words such as "like", "as", "so", or "than".
Simile
Alliteration
When the same sound or letter occurs at the beginning through the end of a sentence.
Metaphor
A phrase that people use to describe an object and action which is not literal without using the words “like” or “as”.
A struggle occurring in the character’s mind. Such as the character's goals but can’t reach.
Internal Conflict
A phrase that people use to describe an object and action which is not literal without using the words “like” or “as”.
Metaphor
Simile
The similarities between two things using comparison words such as "like", "as", "so", or "than"
External Conflict
Conflict or problem going on between what is normally two people, a person and nature, or a person and situation.
A Conversation between two characters or more.
Dialogue
A figure of speech that represents nonhuman objects by using human characteristics.
Personification
Personification
A figure of speech that represents nonhuman objects by using human characteristics.
Sensory Language
The use of details from the five senses to add color and depth to writing. It helps readers visualize the scene a writer is setting.
Conflict or problem going on between what is normally two people, a person and nature, or a person and situation.
External Conflict
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities:
Symbolism
Dialogue
A conversation between two or more characters.
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
The use of details from the five senses to add color and depth to writing. It helps readers visualize the scene a writer is setting.
Sensory Language
A word that Appropriately takes the place of a sound.
ONOMATOPOEIA
ONOMATOPOEIA
A word that Appropriately takes the place of a sound.
Internal Conflict
A struggle occurring in the character’s mind. Such as the character's goals but can’t reach.
The Writer explicitly describes a character’s traits in the narration of a novel or story.
Direct Characterization
When the same sound or letter occurs at the beginning and at the end of sentence
Alliteration
Indirect Characterization
The way a writer shows a character's traits through dialogue and action.
Direct Characterization
The Writer explicitly describes a character’s traits in the narration of a novel or story.
The way a writer shows a character’s traits through dialogue and action.
Indirect Characterization
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Vignette
A short, very detailed scene of a story.