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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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Power in Literature, Short Stories Part 4: Plot

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a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

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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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What is Rising Action - Creative Writing Lessons

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

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the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax

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What is Falling Action - Creative Writing Lessons

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the conclusion of a story's plot

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the time and place in which a story is told

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The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals

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thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire

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when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.

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What is Internal Conflict | Explained in 2 min

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

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

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choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.

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the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.

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denotation is the literal meaning of the word, connotation is a feeling or indirect meaning.

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(ENGLISH) What are Denotation and Connotation? | #iQuestionPH

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

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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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an author can take the reader out of the present story and jump into an earlier time period in a character's life.

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a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.

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parallelism, in rhetoric, component of literary style in both prose and poetry, in which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording.

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

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involves two characters struggling against each other.

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a story in which an individual (or a small group of individuals) chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community.

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the protagonist is hindered by or fighting against natural forces like weather, animals, or climate change.

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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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the narrator's position in relation to a story being told

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Point of View (Part I) - First, Second, and Third Person -- Video + Worksheet

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First person is the I/we perspective

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a human being regarded as an individual

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Third person objective is a narrative point of view that uses the pronouns “he,” “she,” “they,” “them,” etc.

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Point of View (Part 2) - Third Person Objective, Limited, and Omniscient -- Video and Worksheet

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An Intimate POV (With Examples) Third person limited is a narrative viewpoint where the story is told from the close perspective of one character.

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Third person omniscient is a narrative point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts and emotions of all the characters in the story.

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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

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Simile Lesson | Classroom Language Arts Video

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An extended metaphor is a metaphor that unfolds across multiple lines or even paragraphs of a text

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What is an Extended Metaphor? Lesson and Activity

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Personification | Award Winning Personification Teaching Video | What is Personification?

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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What is Hyperbole? | Educational Rap for Language Arts Students

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Symbolism is a literary device that refers to the use of symbols in a literary work.

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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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This oxymoron is symbolic of the human condition as reflected in the poet’s mention of “our human lot.”

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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: The opposite of dysphemism.

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Euphemisms That Native Speakers Use All the Time

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

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Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What are Assonance and Consonance?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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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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Cliche means the expression that is overused in the literature and hence, it gradually loses its original meaning.

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expressing the relationship between a part and a whole

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Learn 15 Common English Idioms (With Examples)

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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings

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pun| figure of speech pun| pun in literature and language.

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Irony, in its broadest sense, is a characterization of a situation which discloses that what on the surface appears to be the case contrasts consequentially with what is actually the case. Irony is an important rhetorical device and literary technique.

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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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when you say something different than what you mean

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What is verbal irony? - Christopher Warner

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when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected.

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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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In on a secret? That's dramatic irony - Christopher Warner

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a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something

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character details authors explicitly describe.

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Direct and Indirect Characterization: Show and Tell

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

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Direct & Indirect Characterization - Instructional Video

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type of character who experiences little to no internal change over the course of the story.

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a dynamic character is one that undergoes an inner change within the story

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two-dimensional character lacking depth or a real personality.

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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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A round character is deep and layered character in a story.

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What is the difference between a FLAT and ROUND character?

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language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content

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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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Logos refers to the use of rationality or reason and appeals to the reader's sense of logic.