Elements/Figurative Language
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Plot | Sequence of events in a story |
| Characters | People in a story |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | Character in conflict with protagonist |
| Dynamic | Character with may characteristics |
| Static | Character who stays the same |
| Setting | Time and place of a story |
| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces |
| Tone | Authors attitude toward subject |
| Mood | Feeling or atmosphere |
| Theme | lesson author wants you to know |
| Point of View | Narrator of the story |
| 1st person | Narrator |
| 3rd Omniscient | All knowing narrator (Not in the story) |
| 3rd Limited | Only focuses on one character in story (Not in story) |
| 3rd Objective | Not in story, Only tells what they see and hear; reporter |
| Direct Characterization | Directly describing a character |
| Indirect Characterization | Describing a character through his or her actions words and what others say or think about him or her. |
| Simile | Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | Direct comparison of two unlike things not using like or as |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object |
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Assonance | The repetition of initial vowel sounds (Beginning of word) |
| Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds that occur anywhere in the word |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration |
| Paradox | Is a statement that is contradictory but true |
| Oxymoron | Pairing together two words with opposite meanings |
| Pun | A play on words when a word has a double meaning |
| Dialogue | Conversation between two people |
| Onomatopoeia | When a word sounds like its meaning |
| Allusion | Reference to something in history or literature |
| Imagery | Writing that appeals to the senses |
| Irony | When the opposite of what is expected happens |
| Verbal Irony | Where what is said is the opposite what is meant |
| Situational Irony | Where events turn opposite from what you expect |
| Dramatic Irony | when the reader knows what is happening in the story and the other characters do not |
| Flashback | Recalling past events |
| Foreshadowing | A hint of future events |
| Idiom | A statement meant to be taken literally |
| Foil | Minor character serves a contrast to a major character |
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