Final Exam Key Terms

Short Story/Fiction
Plot

• inciting incident
• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• denouement
• conclusion  

Conflict

• external/internal

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Character

• antagonist/protagonist
• stock
• stereotype
• foil
• round
• flat
• static
• dynamic

Theme vs. Moral

Point of view

• First person
• Limited omniscient
• Omniscient
• Objective

Irony

• Dramatic irony
• Situation irony
• Verbal irony

Setting

• Atmosphere/mood
• Physical Setting

Tone vs. Mood

Genre

• comedy
• tragedy
• satire

Denotation/Connotation

Poetry Devices/Forms

Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Pun
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Rhyme Scheme
Stanza
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Couple
Quatrain
Internal Rhyme
Imperfect/Slant rhyme
Symbol
Hyperbole
Understatement
Imagery
Denotation
Connotation
Theme
Allusion
Oxymoron
Dramatic Monologue
Assonance
Consonance
Metonymy
Synecdoche

Drama

Aside
Soliloquy
Dramatic Irony