Unit 3- critical vocab

a scene within a narrative that interrupts the sequence of events to show an event or evens that happened in the past

• flashback

• suspense

• dialogue

• memoir

printed in italics or in parenthesis and include the descriptions of what the characters and others look like also giving instructions on how the characters should move or speak

• drama

• irony

• stage directions

• dialogue

a long poem that tells a story- ballad or epic in style

• rhyme poem

• narrative poem

• lyrical poem

• free verse poem

central character

• cat

• dog

• antagonist

• protagonist

a feeling of uncertainty that makes the reader apprehensive or tense about the situation/ events to come

• suspense

• foreshadowing

• conflict

• irony

clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

• conlict

• foreshadowing

• suspense

• act

the character opposing the central character in a story

• story

• conflict

• antagonist

• protagonist

written conversation between 2 of more different characters

• scripts

• lines

• paper

• dialogue

poetry that does not contain regular patters of rhythm or rhyme

• free verse

• lines

• poem

• script

a story written to be preformed by actors

• poem
• screenplay
• drama

• novel