The Tell Tale Heart - Lit. Term & Vocabulary Review

How the reader feels;

The atmosphere created for Me, the reader

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

• Voice

A character’s personality, quality, or character trait 

(It is almost always true)

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

• Voice

A general message or lesson about life

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

• Voice

How They (a character) feels Toward someone/something at that time (not always)

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

• Voice

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Symbolism

When the audience knows something that a character does not know.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Symbolism

When what is said is the opposite of what is meant; AKA sarcasm

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Symbolism

Something happens that defies the expectations of the audience or the character (something unexpected)

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Symbolism

Hints towards the future

• Personification

• Word Choice

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Onomatopoeia

Giving non human things human characteristics

• Personification

• Word Choice

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Onomatopoeia