Academic Vocabulary Foreshadowing Prediction Basic situation Plot Direct Characterization Indirect Characterization 5 Ways to identify a character Dramatic monologue Soliloquy Basic situation External conflict Internal conflict Complication Climax Resolution Suspense Chronological order Flashback Flash Forward
More Academic Vocabulary Flat character Round character Stock character Inference Point of view Omniscient point of view Third person limited First person narrator Persona Credible narrator Diction Tone Voice Theme Genre Ways to discover a theme Universal theme Author’s purpose (3)
Even More Academic Vocab. Irony Ambiguity Verbal Irony Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Theme Cause and Effect Contradiction Incongruities Symbol Public Symbol How to find a theme Allegory Fable Parable
Alliteration Simile Onomatopoeia Personification Metaphor Images Prose Poem Tanka Sonnet Couplet Quatrain Stanza Context Clues Diction Figures of Speech Tone Mood Biography
Tragedy Tragic Flaw Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5 Exposition Rising Action Turning Point Comedy Crisis Falling Action Climax Resolution Denouement Denotation Connotation
Historic Approach to Literature Biographical Approach to Literature Drama Tragedy Tragic Hero Tragic Flaw Stage Scene Design Props Dialogue Soliloquy Asides Stage Direction Lighting Costumes