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Poetry
A poem, book or song
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Exposition
Beginning of a book
other words: expose
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Drama
A genre set aside for plays only
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Resolution
The ending of a book or story
other words: resolve, resolute, solution
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Non-Fiction
A true story, real people, events, places and ideas
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Climax
The most exciting part of a book/story
other words: climatic, anti-climatic
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Media
News and current events
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Fiction
- A fake story, a short story, novella, novel.
- Types: realistic fiction, historical fiction, sic-fi
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Rising Action
The book/story is getting interesting
other words: rise
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Plot
What happens in the book/story
other words: plotting, plots
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Falling Action
Action
other words: fall, fallen
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internal conflict
inner struggle
other words: internalize
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external conflict
outer struggle
other words: externalize
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text support
proof
other words: supportive, supports
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characterization
description
other words: character, characters, characterize
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pronoun
replacement (a word used in place of a noun)
other words: noun, pro-prefix meaning 'substitution' in this case
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antecedent
Ante-prefix means "before previous to"
Word that a pronoun replaces or refers in writing
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protagonist
main character
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antagonist
other words: antagonize, antagonistic
bad guy
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imagery
other words: imagine, image
Visual
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figurative language
other words: figuratively; figure
imaginative writing
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dialogue
conversation; talking
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conversational voice
story telling, talking
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dialect
other words: dialectical, dialects
language form
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simile
other words: similar
unique comparaison
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methaphor
other words: metaphoric; metaphorically
unique comparaison
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speaker tag
other words: speaker tags, speak, speaking, speaks
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