Lisa Academy MS Vocabulary

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Rising Action

narrator uses pronouns "he," "she," or "it" to convey the thoughts and feelings of one characteronly

• Personification

• 3rd person limited point of view

• figurative language

• Indirect characterization

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Imagery

a character who changes throughout the course of a work

• Dynamic Characterization

• mood

• tone

• Characterization

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

Central idea of a work of literature

• Setting

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

A minor character in fiction that does not undergo any changes. They are one-dimensional andlack emotional depth.

• denouement/resolution

• Static Characterization

• 3rd person limited point of view

• Flat character/static character

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

• climax

• falling action

• exposition

• rising action

A narrative device often used at the beginning of a work provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Exposition

• Falling Action

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

• figurative language