Definitions

1. Plot-The main events of a play, novel, movie, devised and

presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
2. Setting-The place and time which a novel or film will take place.
3. Point of view-The narrarator’s view of the story being told.
4. Characterization-
5. Theme-The subject of talk.
6. Alliteration- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
7. Allusion- An expression designed to call something to mind
without mentioning it explicitly.
8. Analogy- A comparison between two things, typically on the
basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or
clarification.
9. Antagonist- A person who actively opposes or is hostile to
someone or something.
10.Aside-To one side or out of the way.
11.Blank Verse-A verse without rhyme.
12.Climax-The most intense or exciting point of something.
13.Comic Relief-Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that
offset more serious sections.
14. Conflict-A serious disagreement or argument.
15.Couplet-Two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined
by rhyme that form a unit.
16.Diction-The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or
writing.
17.Dramatic Irony-The expression of one’s meaning by using
language that signifies the opposite effect.
18.Dramatic Structure-
19.Epithet-An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing quality
characteristics of the person or thing mentioned.
20.Figurative Language
21.Foreshadowing-Be writing or indication of a future event.
22.Foil-Prevent from succeeding.
23.Imagery-Visually descriptive language.
24.Irony-The expressions of one’s meaning by using language that
normally signifies the opposite effect.
25.Meter-The rhythm of a piece of poetry.
26.Metaphor-A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied
to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
27.Monologue-A long speech by one actor in a play or movie or as
of a theatrical or broadcast program.
28.Oxymoron-A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory
terms appear in conjunction.
29.Personification-Where inanimate objects or abstract concepts
seemingly endowed with human self-awareness.
30.Protagonist-A main character who is not good.
31.Pun-A joke meaning different meanings.
32.Rhyme Scheme-Something rhyming and the end of each poem
line.
33.Simile-Comparing different things that are different.
34.Situational Irony-A unexpected scene.
35.Soliloquy-Saying your thoughts out loud.
36.Sonnet-A poem with 14 lines.
37.Symbol-A picture that means something.
38.Tragedy-A death of a main character or another main character.
39.Verbal Irony-Something that is said unexpectedly.