Plot

• Plot: the main events of a play,

novel, movie, or similar work,
devised and presented by the
writer as an interrelated sequence.
• Literary Example: The prisoner plans
to get out of jail.
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 Setting
• Setting: the place or type of
surroundings where something is
positioned or where an event takes
place.
• Literary Example: Shaun and Luis
were talking at third place.
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 Point of View
• Point of view: a perspective on an
issue.
• Literary Example: Tom thought it was
wrong to allow abortion but Obama
thought it was ok.
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 Characterization
• Characterization: the description
and distinctive nature of.
• Literary Example: The grumpy man
in the movie was wearing a black
suit with red shoes.
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 Theme
• Theme: the subject of a piece of
writing, a person’s thoughts, etc.
• Literary Example: This is a story
about romance.
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 Alliteration
• Alliteration: the occurrence of the
same letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words.
• Literary Example: sweet smell of
success, a dime a dozen, bigger
and better, jump for joy
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 Allusion
• Allusion: an indirect or passing
reference.
• Literary Example: Stephen Vincent
Benet's story "By the Waters of
Babylon" contains a direct
reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible.
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 Analogy
• Analogy: a comparison between two
things.
• Literary Example: He was a mad as a
bull.
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 Antagonist
• Antagonist: a person who actively
opposes or is hostile to someone or
something.
• Literary Example: The man always
stirred up trouble.
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 Aside
• Aside: to one side.
• Literary Example: Tom pushed the
articles aside on his desk.
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 Blank Verse
• Blank Verse: verse without rhyme.
• Literary Example: But, soft, what
light through yonder win-dow
breaks?
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 Climax
• Climax: the most intense; exciting.
• Literary Example: Then the man
jumped off the building, shooting
back at the intruder.
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 Comic Relief
• Comic Relief: comic episodes in a
dramatic or literary work that offset
more serious sections.
• Literary Example: The mockery of the
fool in King Leer.
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 Conflict
• Conflict: a serious disagreement or
argument.
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• Literary Example: Luis punched Alex
in the stomach.
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 Couplet
• Couplet: two lines of verse.
• Literary Example: I have slug that ate
a bug. Whenever he gets hungry
and give him a big hug.
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 Diction
• Diction: the choice and use of words.
• Literary Example: "One of our defects
as a nation is a tendency to use
what have been called 'weasel
words.’ – Theodore R.
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 Dramatic Irony
• Dramatic Irony: the expression of
one’s meaning by using language
that normally signifies the opposite.
• Literary Example: In which Othello
blames Desdemona for cuckolding
him but the audience knows that
he is being deceived by Iago.
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 Dramatic Structure
• Dramatic Structure: the structure of
the dramatic work.
• Literary Example: Peer, you’re lying!
No, I’m not! Well then Swear to me
it’s true. Swear? Why should I? See
you dare not! Every word of it’s a
lie.
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 Epithet
• Epithet: an adjective or descriptive
phrase expressing a quality
characteristic of a person or thing
mentioned.
• Literary Example: Zeus-loved
Achilles, you bid me explain. The
wrath of far-smiting Apollo.
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 Figurative Language
• Figurative Language: whenever you
describe something by comparing it
with something else.
• Literary Example: Metaphor, Symbol,
Personification, Simile. An example:
the boy ran as fast as a cheetah.
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 Foreshadowing
• Foreshadowing: be a warning or
future indication.
• Literary Example: And he saw a man
with a knife cross the street.
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 Foil
• Foil: prevent from succeeding.
• Literary Example: He foiled my plans.
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 Imagery
• Imagery: visually descriptive or
figurative language.
• Literary Example: The hot July sun
beat relentlessly down, casting an
orange glare over the farm
buildings, the fields, the pond.
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 Irony
• Irony: the expression of one’s
meaning by using language that
normally signifies the opposite.
• Literary Example: It was ironic that
the fire station burned down.
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 Meter
• Meter: the fundamental unit of length
in the metric system.
• Literary Example: The boat was 15
meters long.
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 Metaphor
• Metaphor: a figure of speech in which
a word or phrase is applied to an
object.
• Literary Example: He is a pig. Thou
art sunshine.
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 Monologue
• Monologue: a long speech by one
actor in a play or movie.
• Literary Example: “Is this a dagger
which I see before me, the handle
toward my hand? Come, let me
clutch thee!I have….”
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 Oxymoron
• Oxymoron: a figure of speech in
which apparently contradictory
terms appear in conjunction.
• Literary Example: hot ice, cold fire,
wise fool, sad joy, eloquent silence.
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 Personification
• Personification: the attribution of a
personal nature or human
characteristics to something non-
human.
• Literary Example: a smiling moon, a
jovial sun.
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 Protagonist
• Protagonist: the leading character or
one of the major characteristics in
a drama.
• Literary Example: Our military
general annihilated the incoming
intruders.
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 Pun
• Pun: a joke exploiting the different
possible meanings of a word.
• Literary Example: A bicycle can't
stand alone because it is two-tired.
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 Rhyme Scheme
• Rhyme Scheme: an ordered pattern
or rhymes at the ends of the lines
of a poem or verse.
• Literary Example: Roses are red,
Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet,
and so are you.
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 Simile
• Simile: a figure of speech involving
the comparison of one thing with
another thing of a different kind.
• Literary Example: He eats like a pig.
Vines like golden prisons
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 Situational Irony
• Situational Irony: the disparity of
intention and result: the result of an
action is contrary to the desired or
expected effect
• Literary Example: The witches
predict one thing, which happens to
come true but Macbeth often
misinterprets their words
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 Soliloquy
• Soliloquy: an act of speaking one’s
thoughts aloud when by oneself or
regardless of any hearers.
• Literary Example: “Now I am alone.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave
am I! Is it not monstrous that this
player here, but in a fiction, in a
dream..”
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 Sonnet
• Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines
using any of a number of formal
rhyme scenes.
• Literary Example: “Shall I compare
thee to a Summer’s day? Thou….”
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 Symbol
• Symbol: a thing that represents or
stands for something else.
• Literary Example: Symbol: the bird of
night (owl is a symbol of death)
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 Tragedy
• Tragedy: an event causing great
suffering, destruction and distress.
• Literary Example: Symbol: the bird of
night (owl is a symbol of death)
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 Verbal Irony
• Verbal Irony: irony produced
intentionally by speakers.
• Literary Example: "Yet Brutus says he
was ambitious; and Brutus is an
honorable man". Mark Antony really
means that Brutus is dishonorable.
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