| A | B |
|---|
| characterization | the way an author shows the characters |
| protagonist | the main character or hero |
| antagonist | character who opposes the main character/villian |
| climax | highest point of action |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| conflict | problem or struggle in the story (internal/external) |
| resolution | where the story resolves the conflicts |
| metaphor | Comparison of 2 unlike things w/o using “like” or “as” |
| simile | Comparison of 2 unlike things by using “like” or “as” |
| hyperbole | a great exaggeration |
| personification | giving human qualities to an inanimate object |
| allusion | reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work |
| oxymoron | combination of 2 unlike terms (jumbo shrimp) |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds (peter piper picked) |
| rhyme | repetition of near sounds |
| onomatopoeia | words which mimic sounds (drip, pow, zap) |
| imagery | descriptions & details which create word pictures |
| line | similar to a sentence in a poem |
| stanza | similar to a paragraph in a poem |
| point of view | the way a story gets told - 1st, 3rd, omniscient |
| foreshadow | hints that point to future events |
| flashback | the author reverts back to an earlier time |
| sonnet | 14 line poem of iambic pentameter |
| foil | a character whose traits contrast with another |
| Epic poem | a long narrative poem about a hero's deeds |
| Tragic hero | a character who has heroic traits and a fatal flaw |
| Myth | A story that explains natural phenomenon ex. thunder |
| Pun | a play on words |
| Maxim | phrases that are life lessons; aphorism |
| Audience | who the writer is addressing |
| Oral tradition | story telling passed on to generations |
| Parallelism | of the people, by the people, for the people |
| Diction | the way a person speaks |
| Mood | the emotion created by the writer |
| Didactic Literature | one that teaches |
| blank verse | iambic pentameter, does NOT rhyme |
| sonnet | 14 lines, iambic pentameter |
| Situational Irony | when the audience knows something the actors don't |
| Archetype | a pattern |
| Anecdote | a funny story |
