Alliteration

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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds.
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Allusion
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A reference in a literary work to a person,
place, or thing in history or another work of
literature
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Antagonist
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A character in a story or poem who deceives,
frustrates, or works against the main character.
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The antagonist doesnt have to be a person.
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It could be death, the devil, an illness, or any
challenge that prevents the main character from
living happily ever after."
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Autobiography
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A persons account of his or her own life.
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Biography
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An account of a persons life written by another
person.
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Character
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Characterization
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The creation of believable, fictitious
personalities.
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Methods of characterization
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Explicit statement by the writer.
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The characters appearance.
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The setting.
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The characters actions
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Reactions to the character.
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The characters thoughts
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The things the character says.
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What other characters say about the character.
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Climax
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The climax is the point of highest interest
where the reader gives the greatest emotional
response.
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The climax designates the turning point in the
action.
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Conflict
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The struggle that grows from the interaction of
two opposite forces.
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At least one of the opposing forces is a person.
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There are generally four types of conflict
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(1) The struggle against nature
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(2) The struggle against another person
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(3) Struggle against society
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(4) Internal struggle.
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Exposition
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The kind of writing that is intending primarily
to present information.
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Falling Action
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Events that bring the story to an end.
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that is a grossly exaggerated
description or statement.
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Irony
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A literary term in which a person, situation,
statement or circumstance is not as it seems at
first glance.
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Many times things are the exact opposite of what
they appear to be.
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Metaphor
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A comparison between two things
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Onomatopoeia
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The formation and use of words that suggest, by
their sounds, the object or idea being named or
the imitation of natural sounds.
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Oxymoron
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Combining contradictory words to reveal a truth.
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Oxymoron is a form of paradox. However, unlike
paradox, oxymoron places opposing words side by
side.
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Examples (1) Parting is such sweet
sorrow.Shakespeare. (2) Working in a coal mine
is living death. (3) The hurricane turned the
lush island retreat into a hellish paradise.
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Paradox
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Contradictory statement that may actually be
true.
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Paradox is similar to oxymoron in that both
figures of speech use contradictions to state a
truth. However, paradox does not place opposing
words side by side, as oxymoron does.
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Examples (1) They called him a lion. But in the
boxing ring, the lion was a lamb. (2) For slaves,
life was death, and death was life.
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Personification
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A figure of speech where animals, ideas or
inorganic objects are given human
characteristics.
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Plot
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An authors selection and arrangement of
incidents in a story to shape the action and give
the story a particular focus.
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Plot Components

• Exposition
• The start of the story the situation before the
  action starts
• Rising Action
• The series of conflicts and crisis in the story
  that lead to the climax
• Climax
• The turning point the most intense
  moment--either emotionally or in the action
• Falling Action
• All of the action which follows the climax
• Resolution
• The conclusion, where all the loose ends are
  tied together

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Plot Components
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Point of View
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• Refers to the source of the narrative voice (or
  person telling the story)
• It answers the question, Who is telling the
  story?

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• This can be further explained as the perspective
  from which the Who is telling the story? (a
  child? an adult? Girl? Boy? Participant?
  Bystander?)

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• How do we know what is happening? (Does the
  narrator tell us? Do we have to guess some
  things?)

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Pun
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Play on words using a word that sounds like
another word but has a different meaning.
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Resolution
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Characterized by diminishing tensions and the
resolution of the plots conflicts and
complications.
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Rising Action
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Complications create some sort of conflict or
problem for the protagonist.
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Setting
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• The elements making up the setting are

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(1) the geographical location, its topography,
scenery, and such physical arrangements as the
location of the windows and doors in a room
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(2) the occupations and the daily life of the
characters
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(3) the time or period in which the action takes
place including historical time period or season
of the year
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(4) the intangible make-up of the characters for
example their religious, mental, moral, social,
and emotional conditions.
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Simile
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A comparison between two objects or ideas by
connecting them with the words "like" or "as."
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Theme
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Main idea of a literary work the thesis.
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Tone
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Prevailing mood or atmosphere in a literary work.
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The tone of a literary work may be joyful, sad,
brooding, angry, playful, and so on.