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the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

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Story Elements - Plot - Main Events - Literacy Short Clips

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a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

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What is Exposition - Creative Writing Lessons

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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest

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the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

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In storytelling, falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.

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The resolution is the end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX. It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved.

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the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

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The protagonist is frequently known as the hero of the story while the antagonist is the villain

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a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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Internal conflict happens when a character struggles with something within themselves.

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involves the struggle between a person (or a group) and a force that is outside.

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two characters struggling against each other.

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The man vs. society conflict denotes a story in which an individual chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community.

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an external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature,

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Man vs. technology is a type of literary conflict in which a character faces technology (such as a robot, a machine, or a mechanical failure) and must prevail against it.

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A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.

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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

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the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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A connotation is the feeling a word invokes.

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This video explains the difference between connotation and denotation. It is intended for use as direct instruction for a flipped classroom or as a supplemental material for remediation. It is aligned to the VASOL ELA7.4d: Identify Connotations. This is part of a larger lesson.

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the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation

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Analyzing tone through word choice | Reading | Khan Academy

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a temporary state of mind or feeling

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a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

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be a warning or indication of (a future event).

"it foreshadowed my preoccupation with jazz

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balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important.

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Parallelism: Explanation, Effects, Example | AP Lang Rhetorical Strategies

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used especially in describing a method of shooting a scene or film that expresses the attitude of the director or writer toward the material or of a character in a scene.

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Point Of View eLearning Reading Video Lesson for Kids

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A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a storyteller recounts events from his or her own point of view using the first person such as "I", "us", "our" and "ourselves".

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a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you

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the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.

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a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.

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This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told

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a figure of speech that compares one thing with another using like or as

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A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike.

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Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art, as a type of anthropomorphic metaphor.

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences.

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is Symbolism?": A Literary Guide for English Teachers and Students

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction.

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is an Oxymoron?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

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Euphemism || A Figure of Speech in English

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Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. Where the connection is directly and explicitly stated by the author, it is instead usually termed a reference.

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is an Allusion?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants.

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What is Assonance? || Literary Device Lectures

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is Alliteration?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase

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Idioms | Award Winning Teaching Video | What Is An Idiom? | Figurative Language

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A pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

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What are puns? 🤔 | Puns in English | Learn with examples

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the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is Irony?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.

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Situational irony is the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.

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Dramatic irony is a form of irony that is expressed through a work's structure.

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Characterization or characterization is the representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works.

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The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.

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Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.

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A static character is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.

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A dynamic character is one who learns a lesson or changes as a person

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Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is a Flat Character vs a Round Character?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.

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What is the difference between a FLAT and ROUND character?

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the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.

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Ethos: Explanation, Effects, Example | AP Lang Rhetorical Strategies

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a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

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Ethos, Pathos, & Logos: How to Use Persuasive Ad Techniques

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Logos is a term in Western philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion derived from a Greek word variously meaning "ground", "plea", "opinion", "expectation", "word", "speech", "account", "reason", "proportion", and "discourse".

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Ethos, pathos and logos | What's the difference? | Rhetoric and literature