Terms : Hide Images
| 5652227504 | Antagonist | The character who opposes the interest of the protagonist. EX: In the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien creates Lord Sauron as the antagonist to Frodo | 0 | |
| 5652261648 | Apologist | A person or character who makes a case for some controversial, even contentious. EX: In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Romeo makes a case for marring Juliet, despite the controversy over the issue. | 1 | |
| 5652308760 | Confirmation | In ancient Roman orator, the part of a speech in which the speaker or writer could offer proof or demonstration of the central idea. EX: In Julius Caesar's speech, the confirmation was scattered throughout. | 2 | |
| 5652367814 | Conflict | The struggle of characters with themselves, with others, or with the world around them. EX: In the grapes of wrath, migrants conflict with property owners. | 3 | |
| 5652409755 | Connotation | The implied meaning of a word, in contrast to its directly expressed "dictionary meaning." EX: Home literally means one's house, but implies feelings or family and security. | 4 | |
| 5652440554 | Ellipsis | The omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the overall context of a passage. EX: "Medical thinking... stressed air as the communicator of disease, ignoring sanitation or visible carries" | 5 | |
| 5652471722 | Epithet | A word of phrase adding a characteristic to a person's name. EX: Alexander the Great | 6 | |
| 5652483574 | Flashback | A part of the plot that moves back in time and then returns to the present. EX: In Oedipus Rex, both Oedipus and Locaste recall previous events. | 7 | |
| 5652518263 | Genre | A piece or writing classified by type. EX: Science Fiction | 8 | |
| 5652530638 | Irony | Writing or speaking that implies the contrary of what is actually written or spoken. EX: "Of course i believe you, Joe said sacastically. EX 2: " I cant describe to you how surprised i was to find out i loved her...I even hoped for a while that she'd throw me over" | 9 | |
| 5652593658 | Parallelism | A set of similary structured words, phrases, or clauses. | 10 |
