Coach Workbook Lesson 1-8 Vocabulary Flashcards
Literary work produced from a writer’s imagination
Fiction
Category, or type, of literature
Genre
A narrative set in modern times
Contemporary Fiction
A narrative set in the past that gives a fictional account of historical figures or events
Historical Fiction
A long narrative, usually divided into chapters
Novel
A short narrative with a plot and characters
Short story
A short story with a moral or lesson; often has animal characters
Fable
A traditional story that tells about a culture’s heroes, ancestors, or gods; may explain how the natural world was created or how it works
Myth
Literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience
Drama
Means “one who crafts plays”
Playwright
Is a major division of a play
Act
Subdivision of an act with a fixed setting and continuous time frame
Scene
The words spoken by characters to each other
Dialogue
Speech delivered by one character while he or she is alone onstage
Soliloquy
Tell actors what to do
Stage directions
Literature written in verse, or in short lines
Poetry
Groups of lines within a poem
Stanzas
Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines
Rhyme
Musical quality
Rhythm
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
Fourteen-line poem with a precise rhyme scheme and meter
Sonnet
Sequence of events, or what happens, in a work of fiction or a drama
Plot
Beginning of the story, when the setting and characters are established
Exposition
Problem that a character must resolve
Conflict
Bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem
Rising action
Turning point, usually the most exciting part
Climax
Events after the climax, leading to the solving of the problem
Falling action
Ending of the story, when the conflict has been resolved
Resolution
Where and when a story takes place
Setting
Person, animal, or other creature in a fictional text
Character
Qualities that define them
Traits
Reason why characters act the way they do
Motivation
Perspective of a character or narrator
Point of view
Literary text is its central message or lesson
Theme
Short restatement of a text in your own words
Summary
Use of words to create an image in the reader’s mind
Figurative Language
An author’s attitude toward his or her subject
Tone
Indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or a literary work
Allusion
Direct comparison of two unlike things, using the word “like” or “as”
Simile
Comparison of two unlike things, without using the word “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)
Imagery
Giving an animal, object, or abstract idea human qualities
Personification
Educated guess based on information and evidence in a text
Inference
