short story,poetry,mice and men

Conflict

A struggle between opposing forces, such as man vs environment.

Rising Action

The events in a story that lead to the climax, creating tension and danger.

Climax

The turning point in a story, the moment of greatest intensity, in this case, Curley's wife's death.

Falling Action

The events that follow the climax, leading to the resolution; for example, Lennie escaping while George faces the mob.

Denouement

The final resolution of a story; in this case, George shooting Lennie.

Dynamic Character

A character who undergoes significant change, such as George.

Static Character

A character who remains largely unchanged throughout the story, like Lennie.

Antagonist

A character who opposes the protagonist; Curley serves this role.

Motif

A recurring theme or pattern in literature, such as power versus weakness.

Setting

The time and place in which a story occurs; 'Of Mice and Men' is set during the Great Depression.

Symbol

An object, character, figure, or color used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.

Theme

The central idea or message in a work of literature, such as dreams versus reality.

Pathetic Fallacy

When nature reflects the mood or emotions of the characters or narrative.

Exposition

The introduction of background information within a story.

Allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event, such as George and Lennie's relationship resembling that of a shepherd and sheep.

Foreshadowing

Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

Itinerant

Traveling from place to place; often refers to workers in the context of the novel.

Symmetry

The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

Story Unity

The coherence of a story's elements, creating a sense of completeness.

Parallelism

The use of similar structures in different contexts to highlight relationships between characters or events.

Crisis

A time of intense difficulty or danger, often leading to a turning point.

Alliteration

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

Cacophony

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Euphony

A pleasing or sweet sound created by harmonious combinations of words.

Onomatopoeia

A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

Couplet

A pair of consecutive lines in poetry that typically rhyme.

Quatrain

A stanza of four lines with various rhyme schemes.

Octave

A stanza of eight lines.

Sestet

A stanza of six lines, often found in sonnets.

Iambic

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Trochaic

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

Dactylic

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

Anapestic

A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

Spondee

A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables.

Monometer

A line of verse consisting of a single metrical foot.

Bimeter

A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet.

Trimeter

A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet.

Tetrameter

A line of verse consisting of four metrical feet.

Pentameter

A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

Hexameter

A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.

Septameter

A line of verse consisting of seven metrical feet.

Hyperbole

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Litotes

A form of understatement that uses negation to emphasize a point.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Metonymy

A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

Oxymoron

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

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth.

Personification

Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

Pun

A play on words that exploits the multiple meanings of a term for humorous or rhetorical effect.

Simile

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Ballad

A narrative poem that tells a story, often in a musical form.

Blank Verse

Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Epic

A lengthy narrative poem that often involves heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.

Elegy

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Free Verse

A type of poetry that does not conform to regular meter or rhyme schemes.

Haiku

A traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Heroic Couplet

A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter.

Idyll

A brief narrative that describes a peaceful or picturesque scene, often in pastoral setting.

Limerick

A humorous, often nonsensical poem of five lines with a distinct rhythm and rhyme scheme (AABBA).

Ode

A type of lyrical stanza, typically expressing praise or admiration for someone or something.

Refrain

A repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song.

Sonnet

A poem of fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter, with various rhyme schemes.

Archaism

The use of older forms or words that are out of date.

Allusion

An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Bathos

An abrupt transition from the lofty to the trivial or excessively sentimental.

Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental pictures.

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality, often highlighting the opposite of what is meant.

Malapropism

The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.

Mood

The emotional atmosphere or feeling evoked by a literary work.

Tone

The author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience.

Pathos

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Rhetoric Triangle

A diagram showing the relationship between the speaker, audience, and subject in communication.

Satire

The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize or mock.

Symbol

A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself.

Euphemism

A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.