Subject Terminology

When 2 characters speak, alternating one line of verse during an intense scene.

Asks a question

Issues orders or directives

A figure of speech juxtaposing elements that seem contradictory, but contain a concealed point.

A remark that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters.

The sentence that summarises the main idea or focus of a paragraph.

Noun that is capitalized at all times and is the name of a person, place or thing

Something that is similar, it is ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else.

A sentence that contains one dependent clause and at least one independent clause.

A narrator who knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.

A word that takes the place of a noun.

When something non-human or something that is not alive is doing something only humans can do.

An object, person, or situation has another, deeper meaning other than its literal meaning.

The point in the story when conflict and tension hit the highest point.

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

A unit of grammar below the sentence in rank that consists of a subject and predicate.

This is when adjectives or adverbs are used that relate to or refer to emotions.

The point-of-view from which the story is told.

A sentence that contains a subject and a verb.

A natural pause in a line of poetry.

A line with 10 syllables in a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

An appeal to emotion; a way of convincing an audience by creating an emotional response.

This is when something is said to be something else.

This is the repetition of letter sound at the start of a word.

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers.

Human emotions and traits are attributed to nature or weather.

Used to make exclamations.

A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and some other word.

A long speech by one actor in a play.

A doing word.

A character who opposes the protagonist.

The final part of a text in which the plot is drawn together and matters are resolved.

A describing word. Sometimes there are three together to make it more effective.

The last six lines of a sonnet.

A group of words that does not express a complete thought and can't stand alone.

The main character in a story.

This is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect.

A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.

A sentence that contains two independent clauses (simple sentences).

Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.

A verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter.

A word describing how something is done.

Word that joins or connects two parts of a sentence

Repeated use of sounds, words or ideas for effect or emphasis.

A warning or indication of a future event.

A narrator whose credibility is compromised; we aren’t sure if we should trust them.

A group of words with a subject and a verb; it can stand alone as a sentence.

The turn of thought or argument or in sonnet.

Using descriptive words (adjectives) to describe something and paint a picture in your head.

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

A part of speech that shows the emotion or feeling of the author.

A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

The use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression.

A recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.

These are questions where you are not expected to answer.

Convey information or to make statements.

A unit of organisation for a sequence of speech sounds.

A story is structured in the order in which things happen (time order).

A special case of consonance in which the repeated consonant sound is s, sh, or z.

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Great exaggeration.

This includes informal (or casual) words that are made up and used by cultural groups.

A main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.