| Term | Definition |
|---|
| metaphor | A figure of speech in which an exression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. Comparing without using like or as. |
| imagery | the formation of a mental image |
| Analogy | a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike |
| Aside | A remark made by an actor, usually to the audience, that the other characters on stage supposedly cannot hear |
| conflict | the problem between two characters. Example: Romeo and Juliet vs. their family history |
| Plot | events of a story or narrative with a variety or sequencing paterns, what happens in a story |
| Narration | The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence |
| irony | a discrepancy between the expected result and the actual results |
| Foreshadow | to show beforehand; to present an indication or a suggestion of something which is to come later |
| nonfiction | writing about real people, places, things and events |
| Alliteration | the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables Ex. Brooke buys baked bread |
| allusion | a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; indirect reference; a hint |
| Monologue | a long speech made by one actor |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
| Oxymoron | a rhetorical figure in which incongruous, contradictory, or opposite terms are combined (as in 'deafening silence', 'jumbo shrimp') |
| Theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; the central message of story |
| personification | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature |
| connotation | the inplied. figurative, or suggested additional meaning of a word ir phrae. |
| Satire | witty language used to convey insults or scorn; literary tone used to make fun of human weakness |
| Irony of a situation | a twist, or unexpected turn of events that is oddly appropriate |
| Pun | a humorous play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word, and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words |
| Verbal Irony | discrepancy between what is said and what is meant |
| Simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| Dramatic Irony | (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
| Setting | time and place |
| Point of View | Perspective from which a story is told |
| Symbol | An object that stands for something else. |
| Genre | a kind of literary or artistic work |
| Comic relief | Amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. |
| mood | atmosphere created by the writer |
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