t a fire which a coyote has deliberately started, while a hydrant observes the scene fearfully. The firemen, the coyote and the hydrant would all be considered characters in the story. If a billowy figure complete with eyes, nose, and moutly representing the wind thwarts the efforts of the firemen, the wind, too, qualifies as a character. Animals who figure importantly in movies of live drama are considered characters. - A movement or tendency in art, music, and literature to retain the characteristics found in work originating in classical Greece and Rome. It differs from Romanticism in that while Romanticism dwells on the emotional impact of a work, classicism concerns itself with form and discipline. - The decisive moment in a drama, the climax is the turning point of the play to which the rising action leads. This is the crucial part of the drama, the part which determines the outcome of the conflict. - A literary work which is amusing and ends happily. Modern comedies tend to be funny. Comedies may contain lovers, those who interfere with lovers, and entertaining scoundrels. In modern Situation Comedies, characters are thrown into absurd situations and are forced to deal with those situations, all the while reciting clever lines for the amusement of a live or television or movie audience.of-age story - a type of novel where the protagonist is initiated into adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment. Understanding comes after the dropping of preconceptions, a destruction of a false sense of security, or in some way the loss of innocence. Some of the shifts that take place are these: ignorance to knowledge; innocence to experience; false view of world to correct view; idealism to realism immature responses to mature responses. - An elaborate, usually intellectually ingenious poetic comparison or image, such as an analogy or metaphor in which, say a beloved is compared to a ship, planet, etc. The comparison may be brief or extended. - The struggle within the plot between opposing forces. The protagonist engages in the conflict with the antagonist, which may take the form of a character, society, nature, or an aspect of the protagonist s personality. - Associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word, which derive from how the word has been commonly used and the associations people make with it: (eg: the word eagle connotes ideas of liberty and freedom that have little to do with the word's literal meaning). - a style of poetry defined as a complete thought written in two lines with rhyming ends. - the exact meaning of a word, without the feelings or suggestions that the word may imply. It is the opposite of connotation in that it is the dictionary meaning of a word, without attached feelings or associations: (eg: heart: an organ that circulates blood throughout the body. Here the word heart denotes the actual organ, while in another context, the word heart may connote feelings of love or heartache). Denotation allows the reader to know the exact meaning of a word so that he/she will better understand the work of literature.novel - a novel focusing on the solving of a crime, often by a brilliant detective, and usually employing the elements of mystery and suspense: (eg: Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ). - the verbal exchanges between characters. Dialogue makes the characters seem real to the reader or audience by revealing firsthand their thoughts, responses, and emotional states. - Derived from the Greek word dram, meaning to do or to perform , the term drama may refer to a single play, a group of plays , or to all plays ( world drama ). Drama is designed for performance in a theater; actors take on the roles of characters, perform indicated actions, and speak the dialogue written in the script.monologue - a literary device that is used when a character reveals his/her innermost thoughts and feelings, those that are hidden throughout the course of the story line, through a poem or a speech. This speech, where only one character speaks, is recited while other characters are present onstage. This monologue often comes during a climactic moment in a work and often reveals hidden truths about a character, their history and their relationships. Also it can further develop a character s personality and also be used to create irony. - A type of literature defined as a song or poem, written in elegiac couplets, tha...
