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| The recurrence of inital consenant sounds ex. Sheryl sat silently in her seat |
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a basic pattern common to people of different times and cultures
ex. women are known to be the mother figure not hero |
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The struggle between two opposing forces
internal --> person vs self
external--> person vs everything else |
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| A break in the storyline to introduce what happened earlier |
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| a hint that something is going to happen before it does |
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Obvious/ intentional exaggeration
ex. im starving, been waiting forever |
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descriptive language that evokes a sensory experience.
( 5 SENSES; SIGHT, TOUCH, TASTE, SMELL, LOOKS) |
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| the expression of meaning by using language that signifies the opposite |
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| reader has info that the character does not |
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| character says one thing that means another |
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| when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen |
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| figure of speech in which words are used to intiate sounds ex. boom, bang |
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figure of speech,contradicting terms are combined
- paradox reduced to 2 words
ex. sweet sorrow, even odds |
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| a broad idea in a story or a message or lesson learned by a work (story) |
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a short informal reference to a famous person or event
ex. plan ahead; it wasnt raining when noah built the ark |
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| sudden moment of realization |
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| terminology that relates to a specific activity or group ex. computers(download,upload, defrag) |
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| prevailing feeling in story communicated through authors direct comments ex. may be suspensefull, calm, tense, mysterious |
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| the ordinary form of spoken or written language without metrical structure ex. poetry |
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| Play on words/ words with a different meaning ex. writing with a broken pencil is pointless |
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uncertainity or excitement regarding what will happen next
ex. foreshadowing, hyperbole, short sentences, irony, leaving info out, vivid verbs, understatement, repition creates suspense |
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| an imitation usually in a humourous way |
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| nature(weather) that reflects the mood of the story ex. it was a dark stormy night |
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| deliberately expressing an idea as less important than it actually is ex."chris brown has some talent" |
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| a situation in which a character must make a choice between two undesirable alternatives. posing a dilemmma creates conflict & suspense |
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| First person point of view |
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| narrator is a character in the story recounting the events (uses I) |
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| narrator knows thoughts and feelings of all characters (god like) |
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| Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character usually the protagonist |
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| A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast |
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| casual/ informal words or phrases that are not formal ( slang) ex. gonna, wanna, hafta |
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| an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh ie. fatally wounded instead of killed or held back a grade instead of failed a grade |
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expressions that cannot be understood literally
- a cliche is usually a idiom but a idiom is not always a cliche ex. kick the bucket, break a leg |
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| introduces background, conflict. character, setting motivates the reader to keep reading |
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| Inciting/ trigger incident |
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| the first event that causes or introduces the action in the story |
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| main part of the story where character tries to solve his or her problem very suspenseful |
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| highest point of interest in the story, where conflicts are resolved |
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| part of story that leads to conclusion |
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| final details of the story |
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