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| 1. Using specific aspects to express ideas through language, which we can recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze, including elements and techniques |
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| 1. The situation that surrounds your writing, answering the questions, "What are you writing, and for what purpose?" and usually requested to help a student organize and clarify the writing |
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| 1. A question that is not expected to be answered, with the sole purpose of raising an idea or making a point |
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| 1. Originating from the Greeks, one of four ways to present information: 1) written or spoken, including narration, 2) description, 3) exposition, and 4) argumentation |
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1. Casual mention
2. An indirect reference to past events, ideas, or objects, with an assumption that the reader already knows the information |
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| 1. The critical and startling moment of discovery that moves the protagonist from ignorance to understanding; in colloquial terms: the key "aha!" moment that changes perspective, usually regarding a character—from one character to another—creating a new plot direction. |
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1. Trite sentimentality; overly-sentimental (schmaltzy)
2. Inappropriate dignity of the commonplace; elevated language over the ordinary |
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1. A drawing or description that comically exaggerates figures
2. A distorted idea or image that makes the content appear ridiculous |
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| 1. Literally, "god from the machine," a plot action in Greek tragedy that magically solves a story's problem by a god appearing to save the day; in current literature, an outside force solves a plot problem in an unlikely, improbably, anticlimactic way that is not satisfying for the reader |
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1. A sudden perception or insight into meaning, initiated by a commonplace action or event
2. A Christian festival on January 6 commemorating the Magi's visit to Jesus as a small child |
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| 1. To show ahead of time; to hint at a result or event to come |
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| 1. Literally, "in the middle of things"; beginning a story in the middle of events, usually dramatic and dynamic, with the rest of the story flashing back (or presented in prequels to fill in the gaps) |
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1. Writing the inner thoughts of the character, so that the reader has an inside view of motivation, intention, and reaction
2. In film, the technique of the protagonist or other character narrating the film while action is played on the screen |
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1. An opening prayer, asking for God to be present
2. An incantation or call to a spirit
3. At the beginning of a poem, opening lines that appeal to a Muse for inspiration |
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| 1. A figure of speech: speaking the opposite of what is meant |
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| 1. An outcome opposite of what was expected |
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| 1. Irony present in the drama/story where the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not know |
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| 1. Also called the irony of fate, a belief that humans' desires are small and insignificant, in a huge universe with harsh realities presenting quirks of fate; also, the idea that God, fate, or destiny controls and manipulates humans |
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1. Overly-emotional behavior
2. A work characterized by exaggerated emotion and behavior |
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1. A document or card that verifies a person's identity
2. The state of being recognized
3. Psychologically, having a close emotional connection and association |
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| 1. Exaggeration (hyperbole) |
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| 1. Elevated, grandiose verbiage |
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| 1. A keen and intelligent ability to perceive connections between ideas and words, to create humor and enjoyment (cleverness) |
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| 1. Past tense of exacerbate: aggravated, made worse (intensified) |
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| 1. Past tense of incur: to get, acquire, gain |
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