A scene that interupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time

A story composed orally and then passed from person to person by word of mouth.

A narrative device that hints at coming events ; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

A category or type of litature, music, art, etc. characterized by a particular form , style, or content

A Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables

A type of realistic fiction that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up.

An over exaggeration

To name

A common often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally

Description that appeals to the senses

The character is revealed through their personality, appearance, words, actions, and effects of others

A logical conculsion based on presented information and your own knowledge

To give INFORMation or facts

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.

A contrast between expectation and reality

Titles of books, magazines, newspapers; slanted print

A rhymed humorous, nonsense poem of five lines with the last line ending in a surprise twist; highly controlled. Lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme; Lines 3 and 4 rhyme

A group of words together on one line of the poem

The overarching, big-picture idea in a story/article gets repeated and supported by other facts.

A character with a significant role in the action of the story

An internal conflict

A charcater faces a conflict with machine or with technology; often found in science fiction where characters are in conflict with robots, droids, or computers

An external conflict between two characters

A character faces the forces of nature, such as weather or natural enviroment

A character faces a conflict with the social political or religious forces of society

An account based on the author's personal experiences

A comparison of two things without using like or as

Less important characters in the story; they interact with the main character and help to move the plot along

The feeling conveyed in a text; a character's feelings or situation; how the READER feels-examples: calm, suspenseful, angry

Words that have several meanings depending upon how they are used in a sentence

A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or, the customs and beliefs of a society

Writing that tells about real people, places, and events

When a word is spelled the way it would actually sound (buzz or Hiss)

A belief or view about something possibly no supporting evidence

To tell in your words, to restate in other words, a statement that presents a given idea in new language

To influence someone's thoughts or actions/ behavior; to convince.

A literary genre in the form of a script that includes characters, actions, dialogue, props, and stage directions, and it is meant to be performed in front of an audience