| A | B |
|---|
| plot | system of actions |
| expositon | background info |
| rising action | conflicts that arise |
| climax | greatest emotional response |
| turning point | fate of main character |
| falling action | resolution of plot |
| denouement | unraveling of events |
| internal conflict | man vs himself |
| external conflict | man vs man, man vs society, man vs nature, man vs fate |
| characterization | developing of characters |
| direct characterization | author tells reader |
| indirect characterization | speech, actions, appearance, thoughts or feelings, reactions of others |
| protagonist | main charater |
| antagonist | main character's enemy |
| flat character | undeveloped character |
| round character | complex |
| dynamic character | undergoes a change |
| static character | stays same |
| stock character | recurring stereotypic character |
| foil character | character whose traits are opp. from another's |
| setting | where and when |
| theme | central idea |
| style | choices of diction, tone, and syntax |
| diction | choice of words |
| dialect | language particular to a region |
| sentence patterns | length, type, punctuation |
| repetition | repeating of nething |
| intimate or casual | uptight or laid back |
| informal or formal | improper or proper |
| mood | feeling conveyed to reader |
| tone | attitude of author, revealed in diction, figurative language, and organization |
| point of view | perspective from which story is told |
| 1st person | character in book |
| 3rd person omniscient | all knowing narrator |
| 3rd person objective | tells events as they happen |
| 3rd person limited | narrator knows feelings of few characters |
| symbol | something that stands for and idea or event |
| irony | a contrast |
| situational irony | situation turns differ. than expected |
| verbal irony | charac. says one thing and means another |
| dramatic irony | when reader knows more than character |
| stereotype | fixed idea about something |
| inference | something implied |
| connotation | implied meaning rather than literal |
| denotation | dictionary meaning |
| simile | comparison, using like, as, or than |
| metaphor | comparison of 2 unrelated things |
| personification | inanimate objects given human traits |
| allusion | indirect reference to something |
| alliteration | repitition of consonant sounds |
| hyperbole | exageration |
| onomatopoeia | word whose pronunciation suggests its meaning "buzz" |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| anachronism | something spoken of in a time when it didn't exist |
| tragic flaw | error in judgement |
| motif | recurrent character, incident, or concept... mockingbird |
| paradox | contradictory statement which is true |
| epithet | adjective used to point out a characteristic "noisy mansion" for school |
| epiphany | moment of realization |
