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| a fanciful design or invention; imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and characters |
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| interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of events of earlier occurrence |
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| uncomplicated characters that do not change throughout the course of the work |
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| presenting an indication or suggestion beforehand; giving the reader or watcher a glimpse or hint as to what is ahead |
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| the design, structure, or pattern of a work of art |
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| narrative structure that provides a setting and exposition for the main narrative in a novel or a character will describe where he found the manuscript of the novel or where he heard someone tell the story he is about to relate |
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| a remark intended to start a conversation or make telling points |
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| a principle or statement based on specific instances but applied generally |
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| fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and waves while it nested on the sea during winter; calm and peaceful, tranquil |
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| scornfully or condescendingly proud |
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| of or relating to actors or acting; excessively dramatic or emotional |
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| a usually short sermon; a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme |
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| excessive pride or self-confidence |
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| a question, based on assumptions rather than facts, directed to an expert witness intended to elicit an opinion |
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| type of meter used in poetry and drama/ particular rhythm that the words establish in each elements |
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| the language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class; the syntactical, gramatical, or structural form peculiar to a language |
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| a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing; a vivid or graphical representation of something |
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| a person who excites quarrels or arguments |
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| inductive reasoning/induction |
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| reasoning from detailed facts to general principles |
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| the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true; the act or reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence |
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