ELA Final Cornell

A warning or indication of a future event.

Involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic.

Overall use of language, typically entire body of text

To win over your audience using facts

An inheritance incompatibility between objectives of 2 or more characters.

The actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected to happen.

Introduction of the characters, setting, and situation at the beginning of the story.

A common character type, such as the tough guy detective, the faithful friend of the hero, the damsel in distress 

The action that may show result from the climax

How structure affects the reader’s attitude

To win over your audience with your credibility or past experiences 

Universal patterns that show different emotions and feelings

Facts that are included or those that are omitted.

Modern pattern or universally recognizable idea that can be seen in literature and art 

Descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

The final part of a movie or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved

This occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not the characters in the literary work.

 universal patterns or motifs will come from the collective unconscious. 

The connotation of the word choice

Complications to the conflict that develop and increase the reader's interest.

To win over your audience using emotion 

A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast

The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense.

A character saying one thing but meaning another.

The attribute of a human characteristic to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality