English Semester 2

A generalization about a group of people in which the individual differences are overlooked

The way the author chooses & arranges words

The struggle between a character and an outside force such as nature or society

The sequence of events in narrative works such as stories, novels, plays, and some nonfiction

The difference between the way things seem to be and the way they really are

The use of words and phrases that appeal to our senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste

The way an author reveals information about characters through action, dialogue, and description

The person who tells the story

An object, person, place, or event that stands for something else

A conversation between two or more characters

The action that follows the climax in a play or story

The time and place in which a story takes place

The narrator is NOT a character in the story

Poetry that expresses mood, feeling, idea, or any other personal thought

Reveals or suggests the outcome of the conflict

A character that moves the action along by interacting with the main character and providing background information

A way of speaking that is associated with a specific geographical area or group of people

Type of poetry that tells a story in a poem format

The point of greatest interest or suspense in a narrative

Poetry that doesn't have a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme

The tension that builds in a story

The attitude by a writer toward a subject (gloomy, threatening, cheerful, etc.)

The narrator is a character in the story

A problem in a character's mind, solved by the character's choices among ideas or issues

Author's introduction to the characters, setting, story, and situation of a story

A person, animal, or other creature that appears in a literary work

The planting of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later

Adds complications to the problems in the story and increases interest

The character that the story is built around