English 2 Terms Irony and Characterization

Elements in a story that implies future events or outcomes

• foreshadowing

• characterization

• simile

• dramatic irony

• personification

The creation or construction of a fictional character.

• theme

• characterization

• simile

• dramatic irony

• personification

A comparison that uses like or as.

• theme

• irony

• simile

• dramatic irony

• personification

A part of a story in which the audience is aware of a situation the characters do not know.

• theme

• irony

• unsympathetic character

• dramatic irony

• personification

Giving human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects.

• theme

• irony

• unsympathetic character

• conflict

• personification

The main idea or universal lesson of a story.

• theme

• irony

• unsympathetic character

• conflict

• point of view

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite; an event in a story that goes against expectations.

• climax

• irony

• unsympathetic character

• conflict

• point of view

The struggle faced by the protagonist in a story which may be internal or external.

• climax

• situational irony

• unsympathetic character

• conflict

• point of view

Perspective from which the story is told. (First Person or Third Person)

• climax

• situational irony

• unsympathetic character

• verbal irony

• point of view

The decisive moment or turning point at which the rising action of the story is reversed to falling action.

• climax

• exposition

• characterization

• personification

• point of view