| A | B |
|---|
| act | a group of scenes |
| aesthetic | when a writer writes to convey a sense of beauty or emotion |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| antagonist | person who goes against the main character |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| characterization | description of a person in a literary work |
| climax | turning point in a story |
| didactic | when a writer writes to convey a lesson or moral |
| protagonist | main character |
| scene | division in a play that involves setting |
| falling action | when the conflict comes to an end |
| irony | when the unexpected happens |
| resolution | when the loose ends are tied up |
| rising action | trying to solve the conflict |
| fiction | an unreal, imagined plot |
| motif | a dominant pattern in literature |
| nonfiction | writing about real people, places, events |
| plot | sequence of events in literature |
