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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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a setting forth of the meaning or purpose

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Rising action is what happens in a story leading up to the most exciting part of a story.

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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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Resolution is the conclusion of a story's plot and is a part of a complete conclusion to a story.

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A setting is the time and place in which a story is told.

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the protagonist is the main character and the antagonist is the opposing one.

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a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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Internal conflict is a struggle within a person's mind over a problem or question.

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A situation in which two characters have opposing desires or interests.

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The man vs. society conflict denotes 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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In man versus nature conflict, the protagonist is hindered by or fighting against natural forces like weather, animals, or climate change.

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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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the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

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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. A denotation is what the word literally says.

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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, 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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In fiction, a flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins.

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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

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In fiction, a flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins.

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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

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Parallelism is a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction.

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point of view, in literature, the vantage point from which a story is presented.

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OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is Point of View?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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

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Second-person narration 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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In third-person objective narration, the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.

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

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In third person omniscient, the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.

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a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

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A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike. An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

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Personification is a poetic literary device in which non-living things are given human traits.

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hyperbole, a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.

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Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things.

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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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it is a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.

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

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What is EUPHEMISM? What does EUPHEMISM mean? EUPHEMISM meaning, definition & explanation

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Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

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

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What is Assonance? || Literary Device Lectures

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect.

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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 cliché (UK: /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ or US: /kliˈʃeɪ/) is an element of an artistic work, saying, or idea that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.

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

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What are idioms? 🤔 | Idioms in English | Learn with examples

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

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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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Verbal irony occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to say.

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Situational irony involves a striking reversal of what is expected or intended: a person sidesteps a pothole to avoid injury and in doing so steps into another pothole and injures themselves.

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Dramatic irony is a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do.

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Characterization is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers.

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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 one that does not undergo inner changes, or undergoes a little change.

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In literature, a dynamic character is one that undergoes an inner change within the story, such as a change to their personality or an attitude change.

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A flat character is a type of character in fiction that does not change too much from the start of the narrative to its end.

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

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Rhetoric is used in speech and writing to make a specific impact on the audience/reader.

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

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Ethos is a rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to ethics.

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Pathos is a literary device that is designed to inspire emotions from readers.

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Logos is a rhetorical or persuasive appeal to the audience's logic and rationality.