Transcript Allegory - Kelly High School

Alliteration
The repetition of
consonant sounds.
Allusion
A reference in a literary
work to a person, place,
or thing in history or
another work of
literature
Antagonist
A character in a
story or poem who
deceives, frustrates,
or works against the
main character.
The antagonist
doesn’t have to be a
person.
It could be death, the
devil, an illness, or
any challenge that
prevents the main
character from living
“happily ever after."
Autobiography
A person’s account of
his or her own life.
Biography
An account of a
person’s life written
by another person.
Character
Characterization
The creation of
believable, fictitious
personalities.
Methods of
characterization:
Explicit statement by
the writer.
The character’s
appearance.
The setting.
The character’s
actions
Reactions to the
character.
The character’s
thoughts
The things the
character says.
What other
characters say about
the character.
Climax
The climax is the point
of highest interest…
where the reader gives
the greatest emotional
response.
The climax
designates the
turning point in the
action.
Conflict
The struggle that
grows from the
interaction of two
opposite forces.
At least one of the
opposing forces is a
person.
There are generally four
types of conflict:
(1) The struggle
against nature
(2) The struggle
against another
person…
(3) Struggle against
society
(4) Internal struggle.
Exposition
The kind of writing
that is intending
primarily to present
information
.
Falling Action
Events that bring the
story to an end.
Hyperbole
A figure of speech
that is a grossly
exaggerated
description or
statement.
Irony
A literary term in which
a person, situation,
statement or
circumstance is not as it
seems at first glance.
Many times things are
the exact opposite of
what they appear to
be.
Metaphor
A comparison
between two things
Onomatopoeia
The formation and use
of words that suggest,
by their sounds, the
object or idea being
named or the imitation
of natural sounds.
Oxymoron
Combining
contradictory words to
reveal a truth.
Oxymoron is a form of
paradox. However, unlike
paradox, oxymoron places
opposing words side by
side.
Examples: (1) Parting is such
sweet sorrow.–Shakespeare. (2)
Working in a coal mine is living
death. (3) The hurricane turned
the lush island retreat into a
hellish paradise.
Paradox
Contradictory
statement that may
actually be true.
Paradox is similar to
oxymoron in that both figures
of speech use contradictions
to state a truth. However,
paradox does not place
opposing words side by side,
as oxymoron does.
Examples: (1) They
called him a lion. But in
the boxing ring, the lion
was a lamb. (2) For
slaves, life was death,
and death was life.
Personification
A figure of speech
where animals, ideas
or inorganic objects
are given human
characteristics.
Plot
An author’s selection
and arrangement of
incidents in a story to
shape the action and
give the story a
particular focus.
Plot Components
• Exposition
– The start of the story; the situation before the action starts
• Rising Action
– The series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax
• Climax
– The turning point; the most intense moment--either emotionally or in
the action
• Falling Action
– All of the action which follows the climax
• Resolution
–
The conclusion, where all the loose ends are tied together
Plot Components
Point of View
Refers to the source of the
narrative voice (or person
telling the story)…
It answers the question, “Who
is telling the story?”
This can be further explained as the
perspective from which the Who is
telling the story? (a child? an
adult? Girl? Boy? Participant?
Bystander?)
How do we know what
is happening? (Does
the narrator tell us?
Do we have to guess
some things?)
Pun
Play on words;
using a word that
sounds like another
word but has a
different meaning.
Resolution
Characterized by
diminishing tensions
and the resolution of
the plot’s conflicts
and complications.
Rising Action
Complications create
some sort of conflict
or problem for the
protagonist.
Setting
The elements
making up the
setting are:
(1) the geographical
location, its topography,
scenery, and such physical
arrangements as the
location of the windows and
doors in a room…
(2) the occupations
and the daily life of
the characters…
(3) the time or period in
which the action takes
place… including
historical time period or
season of the year…
(4) the intangible make-up
of the characters… for
example: their religious,
mental, moral, social, and
emotional conditions.
Simile
A comparison between
two objects or ideas by
connecting them with
the words "like" or "as."
Theme
Main idea of a
literary work; the
thesis.
Tone
Prevailing mood or
atmosphere in a
literary work.
The tone of a literary
work may be joyful,
sad, brooding, angry,
playful, and so on.