Lit Terms U.1, R/P/S, & Grammar

The series of events in a narrative.

• exposition

• plot

• rising action

• complication

Is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Assonance

• Irony

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Is basically a story told in dialogue form. Like a work of fiction, drama establishes a setting, presents a series of plot events, and centers around one or more conflicts that the characters must cope with

• narrative poem

• exposition

• drama

• biography

Is a true account of someone’s life.

• biography

• autobiography

• narrative poem

• drama

Is the story of a person’s life, written by that person. 

• narrative poem

• drama

• autobiography

• biography

Is a clash between a character and an outside force, such as another character, society, or a force or nature, for example: Will the athlete defeat her bitter rival? Can the soldiers endure the war?

• dramatic irony

• internal conflict

• irony

• external conflict

Is a struggle within a character’s mind. The struggle usually centers on a choice or decision the character must make, for example: Should she tell the truth? Can he overcome his jealousy?

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• exposition

• rising action

This prefix means bad.

• manu

• graph

• mal

• vis

This suffix means- action or process

• pre

• miss/mitt

• cide

• ish

This root means to see.

• vis

• en

• mal

• manu