| 8417847928 | Characterization | The act of creating and developing a character | | 0 |
| 8417847929 | Plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 1 |
| 8417847930 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | | 2 |
| 8417847931 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | | 3 |
| 8417847932 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | | 4 |
| 8417847933 | Theme | The central idea of a work | | 5 |
| 8417847934 | limited point of view | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | | 6 |
| 8417847935 | first person point of view | The story being told by the narrator and They use I | | 7 |
| 8417847936 | third person point of view | someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she see it unfold. | | 8 |
| 8417847937 | omniscient point of view | the narrator is capable of knowing, telling, and seeing all | | 9 |
| 8417847938 | Rhetoric | The act of persuasion | | 10 |
| 8417847939 | rhetorical triangle | author, audience, purpose | | 11 |
| 8417847940 | Logos | Appeal to logic | | 12 |
| 8417847941 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | | 13 |
| 8417847942 | Ethos | establishes credibility in the speaker. | | 14 |
| 8417847943 | context | writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs | | 15 |
| 8417847944 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | | 16 |
| 8417847945 | Speaker | The person who creates a text | | 17 |
| 8417847946 | audience | the intended reader of a piece | | 18 |
| 8417847947 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | | 19 |
| 8417847948 | Allegory | The device of using elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | | 20 |
| 8417847949 | Allusion | an indirect reference | | 21 |
| 8417847950 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | | 22 |
| 8417847951 | Caricature | An exaggerated portrayal of one's features | | 23 |
| 8417847952 | Clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. | | 24 |
| 8417847953 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | | 25 |
| 8417847954 | Conceit | An extended metaphor | | 26 |
| 8417847955 | Diction | Word choice | | 27 |
| 8417847956 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally | | 28 |
| 8417847957 | figure of speech | a device used to produce figurative language | | 29 |
| 8417847958 | generic conventions | describes traditions for each genre | | 30 |
| 8417847959 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | | 31 |
| 8417847960 | Homily | A sermon | | 32 |
| 8417847961 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | | 33 |
| 8417847962 | Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses | | 34 |
| 8417847963 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | | 35 |
| 8417847964 | Metaphor | Comparison not using like or as | | 36 |
| 8417847965 | Narrative | A story | | 37 |
| 8417847966 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | | 38 |
| 8417847967 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another | | 39 |
| 8417847968 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | | 40 |
| 8417847969 | Prose | Any writing that is not poetry | | 41 |
| 8417847970 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | | 42 |
| 8417847971 | rhetorical mode | exposition, description, narration, argumentation; the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | | 43 |
| 8417847972 | Rhetorical question | A question that is not meant to be answered | | 44 |
| 8417847973 | sarcasm | bitter language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | | 45 |
| 8417847974 | Satire | A work that targets human vices | | 46 |
| 8417847975 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | | 47 |
| 8417847976 | style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | | 48 |
| 8417847977 | Syntax | Sentence structure | | 49 |
| 8417847978 | Thesis | sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's meaning and purpose | | 50 |
| 8417847979 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | | 51 |
| 8417847980 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | | 52 |
| 8417847981 | Willy Loman | 63 years old, a traveling salesman and has flashbacks. Through the flashbacks the audience becomes familiar with the salesman's philosophy. His life is full of disappointment. | | 53 |
| 8417847982 | Biff Loman | the oldest son, he's the star athlete in high school and Willie's pride for his friends and female companions. He became a failure and a kleptomaniac (steals compulsively) | | 54 |
| 8417847983 | Happy Loman | the younger son, overcompensates because he has always played second-fiddle to his brother. Aggressive in business and with females. He's a compulsive liar. Lacks strong moral foundation within his job and his relationships. | | 55 |
| 8417847984 | Charley | Willie's Foil. He is the next door neighbor. His success contrast Willie's failures. Willie's only friend. Willie is jealous of his success. He's a good friend. | | 56 |
| 8417847985 | Bernard | Charley's son. He's the Foil of the boys. He's a successful lawyer. He was a nerd and was mocked. But he ultimately became successful. | | 57 |
| 8417847986 | Ben | Willy's wealthy older brother | | 58 |
| 8428437205 | Dave Singleman | He lived to be an 84 year old salesman, Willy's role model | | 59 |
| 8428437206 | Linda Loman | Willy's wife; never is truthful with Willy. | | 60 |
| 8428437207 | Howard Wagner | Willy's boss, younger than Willy. His father was Willie's boss. Generation gap causes conflict and change. | | 61 |
