| A | B |
|---|
| conflict | struggle between two forces |
| internal conflict | decision/struggle within a character |
| external conflict | struggle between characters, man v man, etc |
| characterization | non-physical traits to describe a character |
| plot | sequence of events in a story |
| exposition | background information of a story |
| resolution | conclusion of a story |
| setting | time and place |
| point of view | perspective from which a story is told |
| theme | central idea/recurring idea of a story |
| irony | opposite of what is expected to happen |
| dramatic irony | audience knows information that the characters are unaware of |
| symbolism | item represents an idea |
| metaphor | direct comparison, a type of fig. lang. |
| simile | comparison using 'like' or 'as', a type of fig. lang. |
| foreshadowing | hint of what is to come |
| imagery | descriptions appealing to the senses (sight, touch, etc) |
| suspense | build of excitement |
| mood | feeling created in reader of a story |
| allusion | reference to biblical or historical event/person |
| protagonist | main character, the hero |
| antagonist | opposition to protagonist |
| figurative language | non-literal language |
| personification | giving human traits to non-human things, a type of figurative language |
| structure | the way parts are arranged to form a whole |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration, a type of fig. lang. |
| flashback | interrupts story for a past event |
| speaker | person speaking in a poem, not to be confused with the author |
| audience | group the poem is intended to be read by, or group watching the play |
| meaning | the message of a poem |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of end rhyme, labeled with letters |
| rhyme scheme of end words being cat, hat, car, star | aabb |
| rhyme scheme if end words are cat, car, rat, star | abab |
| poem with no rhyme scheme and no particular struture or meter | free verse |
| Shakespeare's style - unrhymed, iambic pentameter | blank verse |
| pattern of loud/soft syllables | meter |
| when the syllables form a patter of soft then loud | iambic |
| five sets of soft loud syllables | iambic pentameter |
| when syllables form feet/patterns of loud/soft | trochee/trochaic |
| stanza | poetry paragraph, a divided section of the poem |
| onomatopoeia | word imitates the sound it represents |
| alliteration | same starting sound, such as weak/weary |
| consonance | same consonant sound, does not have to be at the start of the word, such as bark, car, farther |
| assonance | same vowel sound, not necessarily at start, such as week, feed, see |
| narrative poetry | poem that tells a story, has a plot ("Casey" "Raven") |
| dramatic poetry | poem with multiple speakers, similar to a play ("Incident in a Rose Garden" |
| lyric poetry | poem that expresses feelings in a song-like manner, usually in first person |
| tone | author's attitude toward the subject |
| couplet | two lines that are back to back and rhyme |
| prose | regular writing, not poetry, no meter or pattern |
