English Literary Terms #1-20 Seawright 24-25

includes main character, setting, time, place, location

• Introduction

• Climax

• Caveat

irony understood by the audience, but not the character

• Dramatic

• Point of View

• Denotation

dictionary use

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Diction

information given behind the curtain (play)

• Aside

• Conflict

• Carte Blanche

humor used to criticize people's stupidity

• Satire

• Resolve

• Bona Fide

combines contradictory words

(old news, organized chaos, deafening silence)

• Oxymoron

• Soliloquies

• Syntax

feelings expressed

• Mood

• Voice

• Tone

the way you express yourself in writing and speaking

• Voice

• Mood

• Tones

overarching message ~ love, war, peace, etc

• Theme

• Conflict

• Soliloquies

problem at its worst

• Climax

• Resolve

• Conflict