English Vocab. Words

Alliteration - Repetition of a consonant (or very similar vowel sound)

Allusion - Reference to another book, movie, person, etc.

Analogy - Comparison to show how things are alike

Autobiography - A book about the author of the book

Character - A person in a story.

Indirect characterization - When the reader(you) gets to decide what the character looks like(to a degree).

Direct characterization - When the reader(you) doesn’t get to decide what the character looks like.

Static character - A character who stays the same throughout the story.

Dynamic character - A character who changes throughout the story.

Flat character - A character that has few traits and can be described quickly.

Round character - A complex character with many traits.

Climax - suspense in the plot or the most exciting part of the story

Conflict - Struggle between characters, outside forces, society, etc.

Internal - In the thought’s of one character

External - A character’s struggle with something else other than them

8. Connotation - the positive or negative association of a word or phrase
9. Dialect - a way of speaking that is associated with a certain area

Diction - a writer or speaker's choice of words

Exposition - The type of writing in the beginning of a story where all the characters and details are coming out

Flashback - a scene in book, movie, play, etc where you’re shown past events

Foreshadow - a clue that points to events later in the plot

Imagery - Writing that makes the reader's senses feel the story

Irony

Situational Irony - When the ending to a story is not what you're expecting.

Dramatic Irony - When we know what’s going to happen to the characters before they know.

Verbal Irony - A play on words.

Narration - a type of writing or speaking that tells a series of events

Nonfiction - writing that is true or actually happened

Novel - fictional writing usually exceeding fifty thousand words

Paradox - a statement that appears to be false but ends up true

Plot - series of events that make up a story

Point of view - the perspective the reader sees for the story

Protagonist - the main character in fictional stories

Setting - When and where a story takes place

Short story - A story shorter than a novel and with less characters than a novel.

Suspense - The tension that keeps a reader reading.

Symbol - Something that stands for or represents something else.

Theme - The message being conveyed through the story.

Tone  - The writer’s feelings in the story