Ms.Mais English Vocabulary

Irony occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

Repetition of consonant sounds

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

A language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meaning of the words

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainly about what may happen

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

A character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act

A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer

The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

A particular form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

A comparsion that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared

Story structures where the writer incoporated two or more seperate stories

A topic of discussion or writing; a mjor idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work

The use of skill to bring something about or create something

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well

A comparison of two different things that are similiar in some way

A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a seperate stanza in a poem

joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word that sound alike but have different meanings

The state of being stretched tight

A struggle between two opposing forces

An image or idea associated with a word

A conclusion one can draw from the presented details

An event that occurs in relation to your protagonist near to beginning of your story which sets the story differently

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation

A figure of speech in which is said is the opposie of what is meant

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

A narrator, whether in literature, flim, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

A very typical example of a certain person or thing

Detailed examination of the elements or strcuture of something

A unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said consist of a subject

A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit

The dictionary definition of a word

The way the characters in the story are developed through what they say, do or what others say about them

Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions

Conversation between two or more characters

A word opposite in meaning to another

A line or set of lines is repeated several times over the course of a poem

A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

In literature, the perspective from which a story is told

One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing

The repetiton of words or phrases that have similiar grammatical structures

The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence

A reference in literature, or in visual or performing arts, to a familiar person, place, thing, or event

A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor

An image or idea associated with a word

A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word