| A | B |
|---|
| Pun | the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. |
| Iambic pentameter | a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five stressed syllables and five unstressed syllables, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. |
| Exposition | The part of the literary work that provides background information necessary to understand the characters and their actions |
| Connotation | emotional response evoked by a word |
| Symbol | a person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself. |
| Denotation | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
| Resolution | the clarification of the plot also known as the denouement |
| Infer | to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence, speculate, or surmise |
| Falling Action | occurs after the climax, it shows the results of the major events and resolves the loose ends of the plot |
| Rising Action | the part of the plot in which complications develop and the conflict intensifies, building to the climax |
| Imagery | words or phrases that recreate vivid sensory experiences for the reader, appeal to the senses |
| Paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording |
| Tone | the attitude the author takes toward the subject |
| Anachronism | An anachronist prefers older, often obsolete cultural artifacts over newer ones. For example, a modern-day anachronist might choose to wear a top-hat, use quill pens, or use a type-writer. |
| Theme | the central idea or a message in a work of literature |
| Dynamic Character | a character that changes throughout the novel |
| Static Character | character that doesn’t change throughout the course of a novel |
| First Person | - involves the reader in the story, usually the main character |
| 2nd person | narrator tells the story to another character using "you" |
| 3rd person | character outside the action describes the events happening |
| 3rd person omniscient | “all knowing” narrator |
| Point of view | narrative method used in a short story, novel, or nonfiction selection |
| Tragedy | literature in which events turn out disastrously for the main character |
| Blank verse | unrhymed poetry that is written in iambic pentameter |
| Situational irony | character/ reader expects one thing to happen but something entirely different happens |
| Dramatic irony | the contrast between what the reader knows and what the character knows |
| Verbal irony | when someone says one thing but means another |
| Nonfiction | about real people, places, and events |
| Expository essay | purpose is to present an idea completely and fairly. |
| Persuasive essay | convinces the audience to adopt an idea, preform an action, or both |
| Thesis | a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections |
| Works Cited Page | all the resources you used |
| Bibliography page | same as work cited |
| Parenthetical documentation | in-text citations, used to document facts presented in their articles. |
| Setting | time and place of the action of the novel |
| Climax | the turning point of a story |
| Plot | chain of related event that take place in a story |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing forces and is the basis of the plot in dramatic and narrative literature |
| Simile | comparison between two things that use the words “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | comparison between two things that have something in common without using the words “like” or “as” |
| Monologue | a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especially one dominating or monopolizing a conversation. |
| Soliloquy | character speaks his or her thoughts allowed so the audience can here |
| Foil | a character that provides a striking contrast to another |
| Iambic | consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs. |
| Free verse | doesn’t contain regular patterns of rhyme and meter |
| Rhyme | sound of the accented vowels and all the succeeding sounds are identical |
