alliteration
recurrence of initial constant sound for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry
consonance
when the same consonant sound occurs within words in a sentence or line or poetry
assonance
deliberate repetition of vowel sounds for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry
1st person
using personal experience to tell as story
2nd person
addressing a group as a whole, and when giving commands or directions
3rd person limited
the telling of a text from one perspective that is inclusive to that entity's personal feeling, only, unless others' emotions are personally experienced by this narrator
3rd person omniscent
can read all minds and travel to any moment or place in the plot
protagonist
character who mainly deals with the conflict
antagonist
force causing the conflict
irony
unexpected events
situational irony
when the end of a text differs from what is expected
dramatic irony
when the audience knows secrets other characters do not
verbal irony
when what is said is the opposite of what is meant
socratic irony
acting stupid on purpose to draw out information
conflict
the force other characters contend with
external conflict
outside force that acts upon characters
internal conflict
emotional struggle within a character
conflict types
person vs. personperson vs. selfperson vs. societyperson vs. natureperson vs. technologyperson vs. machine
imagery
sensory language
metaphor
a direct comparsion not using "like" or "as"
personification
giving non-human things human characteristics
characterization
techniques to make characters come alive
setting
time and place
audience
intended recipients
speaker
voice of the poem
meter
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
tone
the way the author feels about the topic and the audience
flashback
a break in the plot to go back in time to teach about important information
syntax
structure of a sentence, also regarding figurative language, style and formal or informal language
structure
the way information is organized in a text
form
the way the text is displayed on the page
theme
the lesson about life and human nature that the author wants the reader to learn
mood
the way the words make the readers feel
diction
word choice regarding the formality of language, figurative language and audience
foreshadow
a hint to future events
exposition
point or a text when the characters, setting, and conflict is introduced
rising action
when conflict intensifies
climax
when the conflict is confirned
falling action
fixing the effects of the climaxing conflict
resolution
how the text ends
symbolism
when an object represents more than its dictionary definition
dialogue
conversation between characters