a conflict with a person or force outside the character

a device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech heard by the audience bit not by the other characters in the play

an essay in which a writer analyzes given sources, establishes a position, and uses said sources to support established position

the arrangement of the parts of a sentence

the beginning of the plot of a story, revealing the characters, setting, and a hint of the conflict

writer stirs emotions of audience in order to provoke a response

establishes writer's credibility

the narrator explicitly states a character's personality traits

writer uses reason to persuade audience

an essay in which a writer makes a claim and supports said claim with evidence in order to persuade

the action the speaker is persuading the audience to take

techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate more effectively

a force or belief that compels a character to act or behavior think a certain way

an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs

the character who struggles against the main character

the phrase commonly used in everyday language that doesn't make sense in another language

a conflict inside the character

the use of a concrete object to represent an abstract concept

all the emotions and associations that a word or phrase arouses

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

connects the evidence to the claim; answers the question: How does the evidence support the claim?

one-dimensional character that shows only one trait; undeveloped character

places limitations on claims

the listener, viewer, or reader of a literary work

events that add complication to the conflict

a struggle between opposing characters and/or forces

an interpretive statement articulating the central meaning or universal message of a text

the goal the speaker wants to achieve

visual elements in a poem, such as CAPITAL LETTERS, italics, etc.

grabs the reader's attention

point of view in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters

the events that occur after the climax and lead to the ending of a story

a character who does not undergo a change during the story

a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as love

a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of an heroic or noble hero

an indirect comparison between two unlike things

acronym for the structure of an essay

the repetition of vowel sounds

irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters

a technique where the author gives clues to what will happen later in the story

a dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself/herself or reveals his/her thoughts without addressing a listener

a character who provides a striking contrast to another

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

perspective from which a story is told

an inconsistency between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

the literal meaning of a word

feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

the anxious feeling the story creates in a reader

a word or phrase used to connect one idea in an essay to another

the highest point of interest and most exciting part of the story

complex character who showcases many traits

a brief story

staying on point throughout a writing selection

word that imitates the sound it represents

a contrast between expectation and reality

the person telling the story

a tangible entity that represents an abstract concept

repetition of initial consonant sounds

debatable, controversial statement the speaker or writer intends to prove with evidence

a sentence that expresses the writer's position on a certain topic

the specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc.

a weak or limitation of character

exaggeration

the patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry

sequence of events in a story

a speech by one actor

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

a character who changes as a result of the action in a story

respectful acknowledgement of opposing view

the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs

deliberately representing something as much less than it really is

a direct comparison of two unlike things

language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense

support for a writer's claim

the act of disproving the opposing viewpoint within the concession

attribution of lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea

the narrator implicitly reveals a character's traits through the character's thoughts, words, and/or actions

a two-part argument containing a concession and a refutation

flash to the past in a story, generally reveals important information

central meaning or message of a literary work

speaker's attitude toward his subject

the narrator is a character in the story

the purging of pent-up emotions

the outcome of a story when conflict is resolved

central character in a work of fiction

the contrast between what is said and what is actually meant