Elements of Plot Flashcards
Conflict
A struggle between opposing characters or forces
Resolution
How conflict is solved
Complications
Rising and falling action
Climax
The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest
Subplot
A minor plot that relates in some way to the main story
Parallel episodes
Related elements of the plot
Exposition
The kind of writing that explains or gives info
Characterization
The way a writer reveals personality of a character
Direct characterization
When a writer simply tells the reader what a character is like
Indirect characterization
When a writer tells what the character is like in a way that the reader has to infer based on the words of a character, description of the characters looks, comments made about the character, and characters behavior
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using the words such as like or as
Metaphor
An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one is said to be another thing
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings ,thoughts ,or attitude
Characters voice
Character speech and thought patterns of a first person narrative personality
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Symbolism
The use of symbols in writing
Extended metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem
Parable
A short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson
Allegory
An equation of a person or object with a meaning outside the story
Connotation and denotation
A meaning, association, or emotion by a word, in addition to the dictionary definition,or denotation
Verbal irony
When words really imply the opposite of what they seem to mean
