Diction
The word choices a writer makes
Imagery
Description intended to elicit a sensory response
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Diction
The word choices a writer makes
Imagery
Description intended to elicit a sensory response
Exposition
Introduces the characters, establishes the setting, and reveals the problem or conflict
Plot
The events that occur in a story
Rising Action
Incidents that either help or hinder the protagonist in finding a solution
Climax
The peak or turning point of the action
Falling Action
The part after the climax that gives any necessary explanation and ends with resolution
Protagonist
The central character and the one with whom the reader often identifies
Antagonist
A character (or force) that opposes the protagonist
Mood
A feeling or emotion created by the words and setting
Point of View
The perspective from which a story is told
Second Person
The narrator addresses the reader directly using the word "you."
Third Person
A speaker outside the action narrates the events using he, she, and they
direct characterization
Author directly describes character
indirect characterization
The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the characters effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action. Common in modern literature
dialogue
Communication between two or more people
internal conflict
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character.
external conflict
A character struggles against some outside force: another character, society as a whole, or some natural force
idiom
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
rhetoric
From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.
first person POV
The point of view is told by the character that uses the first person pronoun "I".
third person limited POV
This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, who is referred to as "he" or "she."
third person omniscient POV
Point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.
structure
In poetry, described in terms of stanza, form, and meter. In other forms of writing, it refers to the organization of the piece--chronological, in media res, cause/effect, compare/contrast, etc.