English Vocabs

Genre

A distinctive type or category of literature, such as romance, horror, or drama.

Drama

A story acted usually on stage.

Comedy

A literary work that is amusing and ends happily.

Tragedy

A literary work in which the central character meets an unhappy or disastrous end.

Fiction

A fake story.

Non-fiction

A real story and facts (NF = Not Fake).

Novel

A long fictional prose narrative.

Short story

Narrative prose fiction that is shorter than a novel.

Poem

Language arranged in lines with a regular rhythm.

Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things.

Simile

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Oxymoron

The use of opposite terms in literature.

Hyperbole

The use of great exaggeration in literature.

Irony

The contrast between reality and what seems real (expectation vs reality).

Dramatic Irony

The audience or reader is given information that the characters don’t have.

Foreshadowing

The use of clues or hints in literature.

Tone

The author’s attitude towards his/her work.

Mood

The feeling the reader gets after reading a work; the atmosphere the reader felt.

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words.

Imagery

Written language that appeals to the senses.

Onomatopoeia

Use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning (e.g., boom, pop, bang).

Setting

The time and place in the story.

Characters

Any person who plays a part in the story.

Protagonist

The main character, often viewed as positive.

Antagonist

The character opposite to the protagonist, usually viewed as negative.

Theme

The big idea of the story.

arch

Leader/ ruler

Ambul

Walk/ move

Agon

Struggle

Astro

Stars

Alter

Other

Auto

Self

Anthrop

Man/ human

Bene

Good/ well

Bell

War ( think of hell )

Chron

Time

Prose

Everyday language