• 1.      Character- person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

    2.      Diction - the manner in which we express words

    3.      Imagery - words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses

    4.      Exposition - is the introduction of a story

    5.      Falling Action -     action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results

    6.      Flashback - a literary device in which an earlier episode, conversation, or event is inserted into the sequence of events

    7.      Point of View - the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told

    8.      Theme -central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work

    9.      Metaphor - compares or equates two or more things that have something in common, does not use like or as

    10. Personification - a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics

    11. First Person - told by a character who uses the pronoun “I”

    12. Antagonist - a character or force in conflict with a main character

    13. Denotation - dictionary meaning of a word, independent of other associations that the word may have

    14. Mood - the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

    15. Rising Action - the part of the plot that begins to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced

    16. Resolution - is the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict

    17. Foreshadowing - the author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

    18. Setting - the time and place of the action

    19. Tone - a reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work

    20. Simile - figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things, using like or as

    21. Alliteration - the repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words

    22. 3rd person (limited) - point of view is the point of view where the narrator uses pronouns such as “he” and “she” to refer to the characters

    23. Protagonist - the main character in a literary work

    24. Connotation - set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning

    25. Plot - the sequence of events

    26. Climax - point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a narrative

    27. Conflict - the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play

    28. Suspense - the growing interest and excitement readers experience while awaiting a climax or resolution in a work of literature

    29. Style - the distinctive way in which an author uses language

    30. Figures of Speech - used for descriptive effect, often to imply ideas indirectly

    31. Oxymoron - a figure of speech that is a combination of seemingly contradictory words

    32. 3rd Person Omniscient - the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

    33. Bias – An unfair or slanted view

    34. Fiction – Literature that uses the imagination

    35. Nonfiction – Writing based on facts and reality

    36. Fable – A story passed down through generations with a moral

    37. Primary Sources – An original document pertaining to an event

    38. Secondary Sources – A document that interprets an event

    39. Inference – To conclude or judge from evidence

    40. Implicit – Suggested information that is not directly expressed

    41. Explicit – Fully or clearly expressed or demonstrated

    42. Genre – A category

    43. Footnote – An explanatory note at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.

    44. Motif – A recurring or repeating subject or theme

    45. Italicized – A style of printing where the letters slope to the right

    46. Irony - the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

    47. Objective – Based upon observation from measurable facts

    48. Subjective – Based upon personal opinions, assumption, beliefs, and interpretations

    49.  Plagiarism – Using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author

    50. Citation - When one paper explicitly refers to another paper.  Usually there is some kind of indication in the text of the paper, then the full reference is given in the bibliography.

     

     
Last Modified on October 23, 2020