High Noon - Literary terms and vocabulary words

Definition: very definite; done with force.

Definition: to fasten or to hitch

The main character who is involved in the central conflict.

A literary work written to be performed by actors.

Definition: the act of declaring something to be true.

A conversation between two or more characters.

Definition: to excite interest; to plot

Definition: in an orderly or systematic manner.

Definition: to be violently agitated or disturbed

Definition: many shots of firearms at the same time or rapidly and continuously.

A character that changes as a result of a story's events

The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story or drama

Definition: awareness; all of a person's thoughts, feelings, and impressions

Definition: in a secret or sly manner

A message about life that is expressed regularlyin many different cultures and time periods.

Definition: the highest point.

The directions for the cinematographer on how a scene will be shot in a screenplay.

Definition: to strike or hit at an angle rather than straight on.

Definition: a position; a function

Definition: to empty or to use up

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art.

The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story, novel,

The repeated use of a symbol, image, number, character or idea to emphasize a point.

Definition: the ability to understand a situation or event without reasoning.

A character is unaware of important information that the audience knows.

Definition: to run as a group in a confused, headlong manner

Definition: people hired to be soldiers

Definition: isolated; private

A character that stays the same throughout the story

Definition: not clear or plain to the senses of the mind.

Definition: a group of people peaceably gathered for a specific purpose.

Definition: to turn away

The use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the plot

Way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or certain people