acts Makes up a play; changes themes alliteration two or more words near each other that begin w/ the same syllable antagonist anything that causes problems for your protagonist in the story character description how a character is described indirect character description inferring something about the person, it is implied, when the person acts it describes his personality direct character description stating a fact about someone compare similarities and differences between thing conflict two opposing forces coming together internal conflict in a person, can’t be seen, decision external conflict can be seen drama something that is meant to be seen, heard and performed epic has supernatural forces, vast setting, central heroic figure, elevated writing style, adventure epithet a hyphenated word that describes someone figurative language using words to create pictures in a readers mind first person point of view your narrator is going to be part of the story, told from characters perspective flashback a memory of something from the past fiction not true foreshadowing a hint about what will happen later in the story hyperbole exaggerating meant to communicate a point hubris overwhelming pride imagery the picture that are created from figurative language irony the opposite of what you expect to happen kleos everlasting fame limited omniscient point of view reports on the thoughts and feelings that are expressed out loud lyric A written work with rhythm that expresses feeling metaphor direct comparison meter A set # of stressed and unstressed syllables on a line metis a way with words, guile monologue a long speech and the other characters on stage can hear it mood the feeling or atmosphere of the story, the modd can change narrative poem a poem that tells story non-fiction true novel 6+ main characters, many slices of life, 120+ pages, characters change, fiction objective point of view third person what is seen and heard, the reader only knows the feelings that are expressed out loud omniscient point of view the narrator reports on the thoughts and feeling of the main characters poetry A written work that has rhythm plot the beginning, middle, end/main events protagonist character the reader wants to win personification giving human characteristics to something non-human point of view the way in which the reader is presented with the materials of the story rhyme couplet aabbcc… rhyme scheme rhyme scheme the pattern of rhyming in the first/last word of each line scene Makes up acts; many scenes make up 1 act; changes locations setting discuss where the story takes place ad when it takes place simile indirect comparison using like or as soliloquy a long speech when other characters cant hear symbol a meaning of its own and represents another thing theme the message or lesson in the story(can be more than one) third person point of view the author’s attitude about what’s happening in the story, usually doesn’t change tone shows the mood or feelings of the person speaking tragedy unnecessary death caused by human error
alliteration two or more words near each other that begin w/ the same syllable
antagonist anything that causes problems for your protagonist in the story
character description how a character is described
indirect character description inferring something about the person, it is implied, when the person acts it describes his personality
direct character description stating a fact about someone compare similarities and differences between thing
conflict two opposing forces coming together
internal conflict in a person, can’t be seen, decision
external conflict can be seen
drama something that is meant to be seen, heard and performed
epic has supernatural forces, vast setting, central heroic figure, elevated writing style, adventure
epithet a hyphenated word that describes someone
figurative language using words to create pictures in a readers mind
first person point of view your narrator is going to be part of the story, told from characters perspective
flashback a memory of something from the past
fiction not true
foreshadowing a hint about what will happen later in the story
hyperbole exaggerating meant to communicate a point
hubris overwhelming pride
imagery the picture that are created from figurative language
irony the opposite of what you expect to happen
kleos everlasting fame
limited omniscient point of view reports on the thoughts and feelings that are expressed out loud
lyric A written work with rhythm that expresses feeling
metaphor direct comparison
meter A set # of stressed and unstressed syllables on a line
metis a way with words, guile
monologue a long speech and the other characters on stage can hear it
mood the feeling or atmosphere of the story, the modd can change
narrative poem a poem that tells story
non-fiction true
novel 6+ main characters, many slices of life, 120+ pages, characters change, fiction
objective point of view third person what is seen and heard, the reader only knows the feelings that are expressed out loud
omniscient point of view the narrator reports on the thoughts and feeling of the main characters
poetry A written work that has rhythm
plot the beginning, middle, end/main events
protagonist character the reader wants to win
personification giving human characteristics to something non-human
point of view the way in which the reader is presented with the materials of the story
rhyme couplet aabbcc… rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme the pattern of rhyming in the first/last word of each line
scene Makes up acts; many scenes make up 1 act; changes locations
setting discuss where the story takes place ad when it takes place
simile indirect comparison using like or as
soliloquy a long speech when other characters cant hear
symbol a meaning of its own and represents another thing
theme the message or lesson in the story(can be more than one)
third person point of view the author’s attitude about what’s happening in the story, usually doesn’t change
tone shows the mood or feelings of the person speaking
tragedy unnecessary death caused by human error