3831390867 | Atmosphere | The feeling or emotional mood of a piece. Conveyed through the descriptions, settings and objects. | 0 | |
3831390868 | Colloquial | Casual slang, not necessarily grammatically correct or in the dictionary. | 1 | |
3831390869 | Connotation | The informal definition of a word, with the associations it conjures. Connotation can be positive, negative or neutral. | 2 | |
3831390870 | Denotation | Strict dictionary definition. | 3 | |
3831390871 | Dialect | A form a language particular to a specific area. | 4 | |
3831390872 | Dialogue | The things the characters say in a book, movie, story or play. | 5 | |
3831390873 | Diction | The way a word is used in writing. | 6 | |
3831390874 | Epigram | The text placed by an author before the book, usually a supplementary poem fragment or saying. | 7 | |
3831390875 | Invective | Insulting or abusive. | 8 | |
3831390876 | Inversion | Reversing the pattern or relationship of things. | 9 | |
3831390877 | Dramatic Irony | A developed incongruity understood by the audience but not by the characters. | 10 | |
3831390878 | Situation Irony | When actions have an effect that is the opposite of the intended effect. | 11 | |
3831390879 | Verbal Irony | Using words that mean the opposite of the intended meaning for humorous effect. | 12 | |
3831390880 | Mood | The predominant expression or emotion in a work of literature. | 13 | |
3831390881 | Paradox | A situation composed of two opposite things at the same time. | 14 | |
3831390882 | Proverb | A brief popular saying about how to live life. | 15 | |
3831390883 | Pun | When more than one meaning is suggested, with humorous intent. | 16 | |
3831390884 | Sarcasm | Using words that mean the opposite of what you want to say, for humorous effect or to show irritation. | 17 | |
3831390885 | Satire | A work parodying and scorning human vices and follies. | 18 | |
3831390886 | Slang | Informal words used in everyday conversation. | 19 | |
3831390887 | Tone | The feeling exuded by the word used in a work of literature. | 20 | |
3831390888 | Voice | The quality and sound of a writer's writing voice. | 21 | |
3831390889 | Anecdote | A short retelling of an interesting, minor event. | 22 | |
3831390890 | Anticlimax | A resolution without a climax, designed to disappoint or upset the reader's expectations. | 23 | |
3831390891 | Character | An individual in a story. | 24 | |
3831390892 | Flashback | When the story jumps backward, to a time before the story's current point. | 25 | |
3831390893 | Incident | An event in a story. | 26 | |
3831390894 | Motivation | The cause of a character's actions. | 27 | |
3831390895 | Narrative voice | The voice telling the story to the reader. | 28 | |
3831390896 | First Person | A character tells the story. Uses "I". | 29 | |
3831390897 | Objective | An unbiased, balanced narrator that simply tells the events as they happened. | 30 | |
3831390898 | Omniscient | An all-knowing narrator. | 31 | |
3831390899 | Limited | A narrator that is less than omniscient. | 32 | |
3831390900 | Third person | Someone above the whole story tells it. Often, they are disembodied. | 33 | |
3831390901 | Unlimited | An omnisicent narrator. They know everything and everyone. | 34 |
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