English Vocabulary 1-50 EIII/EIV

When a verb's subject performs the action expressed by the verb. The verb is an action verb.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

• Point of View

• Diction

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

A brief reference to a history or literary figure, event, or object

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Allegory

• Repetition

A point by point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.

• Analogy
• Colon
• Resolution
• Speaker

A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the protagonist.

• Antagonist

• Character

• Protagonist

• Personification

The group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert

• Audience

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Pathos

A noun (or noun phrase) that follows another noun and explains or identifies it.

• Appositive Phrase

• Paradox

• Pathos

• Parallelism

The individuals who participate in the action of a literary work; they can change over time; they have motivations

• Character
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Transitions

The turning point of the story.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Denouement

• Rising Action

Punctuation mark used to introduce a list.

• Colon

• Semi Colon

• Apostrophe

• Quotation Mark