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a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story

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LITERARY TERM - PLOT - ENGLISH LITERATURE

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the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.

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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 turning point of a story when the main character's problem begins to be solved or resolved

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Falling action occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves.

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Point of view is the narrator's voice: first, second, or third person.

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the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.

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a set of words or forms that refer to the person that the speaker or writer is addressing. “You” is the second person singular and plural pronoun in English.

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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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third person limited narrator has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one character.

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readers can see the same event in different perspectives.

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said.

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Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner

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occurs when speakers say the opposite of what they mean and it is often sarcastic in nature.

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a literary technique in which an expected outcome does not happen, or its opposite happens instead.

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when the audience or readers know more about a situation than the character does.

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the end of the story

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the time and place in which a story is told

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protagonist - the character who drives the action--the character whose fate matters most.
antagonist - the principal opponent or foil of the main character, who is referred to as the protagonist, in a drama or narrative

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a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces

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occurs when a character in literature experiences tension within themselves

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a struggle that takes place between the main character and some outside force

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involves two characters struggling against each other.

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when a protagonist has a strong belief against the majority of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it

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an external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature, such as a storm or tornado or snow.

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when a protagonist is facing machines or technology (such as mechanical failure or robots) and must prevail against it

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an underlying message or the big idea of a story

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the author's choice of words or phrases in his or her writings

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the way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences

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connotation- the emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal
denotation- the direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary

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Connotation vs. Denotation | Literature | Chegg Tutors

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how a piece of writing makes a reader feel towards a subject

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the general atmosphere and emotions the author wants the reader to feel while reading the book

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when your brain “flashes' you pictures, sounds or other. reminders of something that happened back in the past

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when the author gives you hints about what will happen later on in the story

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a figure of speech in which two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure

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Parallelism in Literature, Grammar Lesson 8/8

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direct comparison of two UNLIKE things using "like" or "as"
examples- her face is a red like a tomato

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a direct comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
examples- she's the giggle of the funeral

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a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry
example- hope is a thing with feathers

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giving a non-human thing human characteristics
examples- the leaves danced in the wind.

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EXTREME exaggeration
example- your mama is is so ugly they didn't give her a costume when she auditioned for Star Wars.

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a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning
example- The days were like nights, and the nights left the dregs of their darkness in our souls

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a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory

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an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive

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brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature

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which the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of

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What is assonance? 🤔 | Assonance in English | Learn with examples

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reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds

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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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to an expression or phrase that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty

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Cliché - Meaning, Pronunciation, Examples | How to pronounce Cliché in American English

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a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning

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

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a play on words, centering on a word with more than one meaning or words that sound alike

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What is a Pun? Definition with Examples | Figures of Speech

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the description of a character's physical traits

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when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly

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a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly

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one who shows little to no change in their personality, perspective, or outlook from the start of the story to the end

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a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story

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a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality

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one in which the writer has fully developed the character's personality

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refers to the art of using language well, particularly in terms of written and spoken discourse

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What does RHETORIC mean? What is the meaning of rhetoric? English word definition.

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the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience

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to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel

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any statement, sentence, or argument that attempts to persuade using facts