Events that follow the climax in which tension decreases.

A character or force in conflict with the main character.

A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.

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

Chief character in a dramatic or narrative work, usually trying to accomplish some objective or working toward some goal.

A life story written by the person who lived it.

A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote.

A short narrative, usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

A piece of fiction designed to give a single impression and to be read in one sitting.

A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

A speaker or character who tells a story.

Point of view in which the narrator is an outsider and which presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters.

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

A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal sense of a character's personality to the reader.

Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse.

Point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

Dictionary definition of a word.

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.

A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

Prose writing that tells about real people, places, and events.

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

A figure of speech comparing two different things which does not use "like" or "as".

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity.

A character that does not grow or change throughout the story, that ends as he/ she began.

A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in the story; key element in fiction and drama; "hook" writer uses to keep audience interested.

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

A conversation between two or more characters

A descriptive word or phrase occurring with or in a place of the name of a person or thing. An insulting or demeaning word or phrase.

A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character(protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose of this type or character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only.

A character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work.

A short, funny episode that interrupts an otherwise serious or tragic work of drama.

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action.

A classification of a poem's meter when most( though certainly not all) of the feet are iambs.___ is the most natural meter for English poetry.

A form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party.

The author's intention or objective in a piece of writing.

Guessing or forecasting what will happen in the future based on current facts of evidence.

A method for drawing valid conclusions about the world. It follows deductive reasoning to draw, or deduce, conclusions.

The degree to which one or more variables is/ are said to cause change in another variable.

Repeating a key word or idea for emphasis

A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected; often it is used to strengthen one's argument.

A comparison between an unfamiliar idea, thing, or situation and something the audience already understands.

Data and fact that provide information about something, represented in numerical form.

From the Greek for "orator" this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.

A fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence.

A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable.

Tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader's emotions in stead of logic or reason.

An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.

This type of fallacy uses the audience's sympathy, concern, or guilt in order to overwhelm their sense of logic.

A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.

A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

A writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument; "It's a simple question of" "It all boils down to". If an issue is controversial, it is not simple.

A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; One of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.

That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point at which the conflict is resolved

a long fictional narrative written in prose, usually having many characters and a strong plot

the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline

closing of the story that ties everything together

a set of conflicts and crises that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climax

In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work.

the narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, me, we

description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

the perspective from which a story is told

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected

an idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning

a product of a writer's imagination usually made up of characters, plot, setting, point of view, and theme

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor

a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative langauge, and organization

a weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero

a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop over the course of a story