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Literary Elements :)
Literature Essay Thingys
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Verbal Irony | We say the opposite of what we mean |
| Situational Irony | What happens if different from what you think is gonna happen |
| Dramtic Irony | We know something that a character doesnt |
| Simile | comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things |
| Imagery | When thr author uses such good description you can acutally see in it your mind |
| Personification | applying human chracteristics to things that are unhuman |
| Plot | chain or related events that goes on in the story |
| conflict | problem faced by a chracter |
| resolved | how the story turns out |
| complications | fights, arguements |
| resolution | end of the story |
| subplots | part of the larger story but arent the big picture |
| parrallel episodes | storyteller repeats the main outline severa; times |
| Plot Triangle | exposition ; rising action ; climax ; falling action ; resolution |
| dynamic | changing |
| static | remains the same |
| protaganist | main person |
| antaganist | person who provides conflict |
| primary | main chracters |
| secondary | chracters making guest apperances |
| alliteration | repition of a syllables in a group of words |
| mood | emotional quality of a character |