| A | B |
|---|
| diction | a writer's choice of words |
| situational irony | when a result turns out differently than expected |
| dramatic irony | when readers know something a character does not know |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| allliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words or accented syllables |
| Petrarchan sonnet | 14 lines (8-6); iambic pentameter: ABBAABBA CDECDE |
| Shakespearean sonnet | 14 lines (4-4-4-2); iambic pentameter: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
| sonnet | 14 lines; iambic pentameter |
| verbal irony | a writer says the opposite of what he means |
| exaggeration | key tool in humorist's repertoire by enlarging on details or stretching the reader's credence |
| metaphor | comparison between two unlike things (no like or as) |
| extended metaphor | detailed & complex metaphor that goes through the whole narrative |
| syntax | the pattern of formation of sentences or phrases |
| point of view | who tells the story and how it is told |
| omniscient point of view | narrator is all knowing |
| third person point of view | narrator does not participate in the action, but lets us know how the character feels (he, she, it) |
| first person point of view | narrator participates in the action (I) |
| frame story | a story presented within the framework of another story |
| conflict | the struggle between 2 opposing forces or characters |
| indirect characterization | author lets character reveal himself by what he says, does, or thinks |
| direct characterization | narrator tells reader about character |
| colloquialism | casual conversation, informal or regional writing, slang |
| dialect | the colloquial languages of people living in certain areas |
| iambic pentameter | unstressed/stressed; 5 per line; normal speech; buBUMP |
