| A | B |
|---|
| cliche | trite or overused expression |
| arrogant | overbearingly proud; haughty |
| eccentric | deviating from established norm, model or rule |
| sarcastically | using statements opposite the underlying meaning |
| menacingly | threateningly |
| despair | hopelessness |
| amid | among; in the midst of |
| penetrated | pierced; affected; diffused |
| monologue | long speech made by one person |
| epitaph | inscription on a tombstone; summary of life |
| tone | implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work |
| foreshadowing | hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story |
| antagonist | NOT always the bad guy… holds the action of a story back |
| framework | a conceptual organization of a story within an outline |
| foreboding | hints of something bad/negative to come in the action of a play or a story |
| protagonist | NOT always the good guy… propels the action of a story forward |
| flashback | an interruption of a work’s chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work’s action |
| foil | character who contrasts and parallels the main character |
