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| not intended to carry literal meaning and is meant to be imaginitive and vivid |
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| saying one thing and meaning the opposite |
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| comparing two things with unlike qualities w/o using like or as |
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| giving an inanimate object human like qualities |
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| comparing two things with like or as |
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| intended to mean the exact opposite of what is stated |
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| an awarenes of info by the audience and by one or more characters on stage |
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| the opposite of what would be an appropriate outcome |
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| writer uses a statement in the negative to create the effect |
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| a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known |
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| a quoted conversation of two or more people |
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| anything that represents itself and stands for something |
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| objects and occurences from nature to symbolize ideas commonly associated with them |
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| those that have been invested with meaning by a group |
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| are sometimes also conventional |
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| language of a particular district, |
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| language of a particular district, class, or group of persons. |
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| The structure and relationship of actions and events in a work of fiction |
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| the beginning of the story, intro |
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| Narration is the act of telling a sequence of events, often in chronological order |
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| ending events to the story |
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| turning point in the story, highest point of the story |
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| main character in story (good guy) |
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| one against the protagonist (bad guy) |
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| a conclusion or judgement |
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| Inductive thought process by which one or few experiences or impressions come to represent the entire class or category of events, objects, or phenomenon |
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| a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem |
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| A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play |
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| 3rd person limited narration |
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| limited to only one persons thoughts |
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| the author’s attitude toward both the subject and readers or listeners |
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| a reason that explains why a character behaves in a certain way |
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| tells a story of actual events or an individual’s life experiences |
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| creates an impression about a person, an object, or an experience by presenting physical details of sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste |
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| provides information, discusses ideas, or explains a process |
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| – attempts to convince readers to take a specific course of action or adopt the writer’s viewpoint |
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| expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in response to a personal experience or to an idea |
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| concerned with the way in which the writer is perceived by the audience |
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| corresponds with with the audience and is concerned with the emotion responses of the audience to the writing. |
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| concerned with the facts and the way in which they interact. |
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| a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform. |
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