| A | B |
|---|
| atmosphere | emotional tone |
| antagonist | character or force that comes into conflict w/the main character |
| climax | the most exciting/tense moments occur here |
| complication | the main character encounters an obstacle |
| connotation | the associations/emotions of a word |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| direct characterization | writer tells what a character is like |
| dramatic irony | the reader knows something that the character does not |
| dynamic character | changes significantly |
| exposition | introduces the basic situation |
| external conflict | results from a character's struggle w/forces outside of himself |
| first-person point of view | "I" relates & takes part in the action |
| flashback | interrupts action to tell what happened at an earlier time |
| flat character | has only one or two key traits |
| foreshadowing | suggestions of things to come |
| indirect characterization | character is revealed through actions,thoughts, speech,etc. |
| internal conflict | a character struggles against himself |
| limited third-person point of view | speaks from the vantage of a single character |
| omniscient point of view | all knowing narrator |
| parody | humorous imitation of a literary work,esp.of its style |
| plot | framework of a story |
| protagonist | main character |
| resolution/denouement | where allof the problems are solved |
| round character | three-dimensional, complex |
| satire | uses ridicule & exaggeration to bring about social reform |
| setting | time & place |
| situational irony | occurence that is the opposite of the expected |
| static character | remains the same |
| stock character | fits a preconceived notion about a specific "type" |
| symbol | functions as expected, but also stands for something more |
| theme | idea or insight about human life & human nature |
| tone | conveys the writer's attitude toward a subject, audience, or character |
| verbal irony | words that say one thing, but mean the opposite |
