When someone says one When someone says one thing but means thing but means

something completely something completely differentdifferent

verbal ironyverbal irony

person, place, or thing person, place, or thing used to represent used to represent something elsesomething else

symbolsymbol

The reader sees a The reader sees a character’s mistakes or character’s mistakes or

misunderstandings, but the misunderstandings, but the character himself does notcharacter himself does not

dramatic ironydramatic irony

giving hints and clues of giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a what is to come later in a

storystory

foreshadowingforeshadowing

the main character or the main character or hero of the storyhero of the story

protagonistprotagonist

the action or the the action or the sequence of related sequence of related

eventsevents

plotplot

A comparison of two unlike A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of things in which a word of comparison (comparison (likelike or or asas) is ) is

usedused

similesimile

the high point, or turning the high point, or turning point, in a story—usually point, in a story—usually the most intense pointthe most intense point

climaxclimax

great difference in what great difference in what was expected and what was expected and what

happenedhappened

situational situational ironyirony

A character struggles with A character struggles with himself or herselfhimself or herself

internal internal conflictconflict

Comparison of two unlike Comparison of two unlike things in which no word of things in which no word of

comparisoncomparison“She is my sunshine”“She is my sunshine”

metaphormetaphor

When someone says one When someone says one thing but means thing but means

something completely something completely differentdifferent

verbal Ironyverbal Irony

person, place, or thing person, place, or thing used to represent used to represent something elsesomething else

symbolsymbol

The reader sees a The reader sees a character’s mistakes or character’s mistakes or

misunderstandings, but the misunderstandings, but the character himself does notcharacter himself does not

dramatic ironydramatic irony

giving hints and clues of giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a what is to come later in a

storystory

foreshadowingforeshadowing

the main character or the main character or hero of the storyhero of the story

protagonistprotagonist

the action or the the action or the sequence of related sequence of related

eventsevents

plotplot

A comparison of two unlike A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of things in which a word of comparison (comparison (likelike or or asas) is ) is

usedused

similesimile

great difference in what great difference in what was expected and what was expected and what

happenedhappened

situational situational ironyirony

the high point, or turning the high point, or turning point, in a story—usually point, in a story—usually the most intense pointthe most intense point

climaxclimax

second part of plot where second part of plot where the situation gets the situation gets

complicated or the conflict complicated or the conflict intensifiesintensifies

rising actionrising action

A character struggles with A character struggles with himself or herselfhimself or herself

internal conflictinternal conflictHuman vs. Human vs.

himselfhimself

Comparison of two unlike Comparison of two unlike things in which no word of things in which no word of

comparisoncomparison“She is my sunshine”“She is my sunshine”

metaphormetaphor

a character or force that a character or force that opposes the leading male or opposes the leading male or

female character female character

antagonistantagonist

a reference—whether a reference—whether explicit or implicit, to explicit or implicit, to

history, the Bible, myth, history, the Bible, myth, literature, painting, music, literature, painting, music,

and so on and so on allusionallusion

a device whereby a scene a device whereby a scene from the fictional past is from the fictional past is inserted into the fictional inserted into the fictional

present. present.

flashbackflashback

the fourth part of plot, in the fourth part of plot, in which the complications are which the complications are

untangleduntangled

falling actionfalling action

time and place of a story time and place of a story

settingsetting

a struggle between a struggle between opposing forces opposing forces

conflictconflict

the action or the the action or the sequence of related sequence of related

eventsevents

plotplot

part of plot that provides part of plot that provides setting, introduces setting, introduces

characters, and establishes characters, and establishes situationsituation

expositionexposition

When someone says one When someone says one thing but means thing but means

something completely something completely differentdifferent

verbal ironyverbal irony

person, place, or thing person, place, or thing used to represent used to represent something elsesomething else

symbolsymbol

The reader sees a The reader sees a character’s mistakes or character’s mistakes or

misunderstandings, but the misunderstandings, but the character himself does notcharacter himself does not

dramatic ironydramatic irony

Comparison of two unlike Comparison of two unlike things in which no word of things in which no word of

comparisoncomparison“She is my sunshine”“She is my sunshine”

metaphormetaphor

giving hints and clues of giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a what is to come later in a

storystory

foreshadowingforeshadowing

the main character or the main character or hero of the storyhero of the story

protagonistprotagonist

the high point, or turning the high point, or turning point, in a story—usually point, in a story—usually the most intense pointthe most intense point

climaxclimax

A comparison of two unlike A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of things in which a word of comparison (comparison (likelike or or asas) is ) is

usedused

similesimile

A character struggles with A character struggles with himself or herselfhimself or herself

internal internal conflictconflict

great difference in what great difference in what was expected and what was expected and what

happenedhappened

situational situational ironyirony

When someone says one When someone says one thing but means thing but means

something completely something completely differentdifferent

verbal Ironyverbal Irony

person, place, or thing person, place, or thing used to represent used to represent something elsesomething else

symbolsymbol

giving hints and clues of giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a what is to come later in a

storystory

foreshadowingforeshadowing

The reader sees a The reader sees a character’s mistakes or character’s mistakes or

misunderstandings, but the misunderstandings, but the character himself does notcharacter himself does not

dramatic Ironydramatic Irony

A comparison of two unlike A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of things in which a word of comparison (comparison (likelike or or asas) is ) is

usedused

similesimile

the main character or the main character or hero of the storyhero of the story

protagonistprotagonist

great difference in what great difference in what was expected and what was expected and what

happenedhappened

situational situational ironyirony

the action or the the action or the sequence of related sequence of related

eventsevents

plotplot

second part of plot where second part of plot where the situation gets the situation gets

complicated or the conflict complicated or the conflict intensifiesintensifies

rising actionrising action

A character struggles with A character struggles with himself or herselfhimself or herself

internal conflictinternal conflictHuman vs. Human vs.

himselfhimself

the high point, or turning the high point, or turning point, in a story—usually point, in a story—usually the most intense pointthe most intense point

climaxclimax

Comparison of two unlike Comparison of two unlike things in which no word of things in which no word of

comparisoncomparison“She is my sunshine”“She is my sunshine”

metaphormetaphor

a character or force that a character or force that opposes the leading male or opposes the leading male or

female character female character

antagonistantagonist

a reference—whether a reference—whether explicit or implicit, to explicit or implicit, to

history, the Bible, myth, history, the Bible, myth, literature, painting, music, literature, painting, music,

and so on and so on allusionallusion

a device whereby a scene a device whereby a scene from the fictional past is from the fictional past is inserted into the fictional inserted into the fictional

present. present.

flashbackflashback

a struggle between a struggle between opposing forces opposing forces

conflictconflict

time and place of a story time and place of a story

settingsetting

part of plot that provides part of plot that provides setting, introduces setting, introduces

characters, and establishes characters, and establishes situationsituation

expositionexposition

the fourth part of plot, in the fourth part of plot, in which the complications are which the complications are

untangleduntangled

falling actionfalling action