expressionism; A technique in literature that is used to distort objects and events in order to represent them as they are perceived by a character in the literary work.
fable; A short narrative that usually gives out an edifying or a cautionary from an animal that speaks and acts like a human.
fallacy; A false argument.
falling action; Following narrative or action that comes down to the climax.
farce; a light dramatic work which has exaggerated characters, improbable situations and slapstick elements that are used for humorous affects.
figurative language; simile or metaphor, can be classified as five categories, relationship and resemblance, emphasis or understatement, figure of sound, verbal games, and errors.
flashback; a blast from the past.
foil; a subsidiary character who emphasizes the traits of a main character
folk tale; tradition stories, music, legends, etc. Shared in a small village/community.
foreshadowing; telling the future of a story (Spoiler alert)
free verse; Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.
genre; A type or class.
gothic tale;Gothic fiction was the predecessor of modern horror fiction, but was more like a mystery that often involved the supernatural (ghosts, haunted buildings, hereditary curses); disturbing dreams or omens; and characters overcome with anger, sorrow, or terror. They were often set in dark castles or medieval ruins.
hyperbole;an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
imagery; The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
implication; the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
incongruity;not harmonious in character
inference; the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
irony something you wouldn't expect to happen but it did happen.;
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