1. Irony: The difference between what appears to be and what truly is
2. Simile: A comparison of objects using ‘like’ or ‘as’
3. Metaphor: A comparison of one object with another and ascribing to the first object one or more attributes of the second
4. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds
5. Foreshadowing: The presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for
6. Conflict: The struggle that grows out of two opposing forces
External: Civil War and all the conflict that comes with that
Internal: Jeff trying to decide whose side to loyal to.
7. Plot: The story line
8. Point of View: The vantage point from which an author presents a story
9. Setting: The environment in which a story takes place
10. Theme: A central idea the author believes in and wants to get across to his readers
11. Hyperbole: An exaggeration to make a point
12. Characterization: The development of a fictitious character through a character’s actions, words, thoughts and feelings, appearance, another character’s words or thoughts about the character, and the author’s opinion of the character.
* Flat: A character constructed around a single idea or quality; a stereotypical
character
* Round: A character sufficiently complex to be able to surprise the reader
without losing credibility; a realistic character.
* Static: A character that most likely does not change during the story.
* Dynamic: A character who develops or changes as a result of the action of the plot.
13. Allusion: A figure of speech that makes brief reference to a historical or literary event, or object.
14. Personification: A figure that endows animals, ideas, abstractions, and inanimate objects with human form.
15. Negative Turn: When a turn for the worse happens to the protagonist in the plot’s story. (Used to bring suspense to the story)
16. Positive Turn: When turn for the better happens to the protagonist in the plot’s story line.
17. Symbol: A thing is itself and also stands for something else. example the ring in the Lord of the Rings. It stands for corruptible power.
18. Epitaph: Words of remembrance written on one’s tombstone.
19. Anecdote: a short, entertaining account of some happening, usually personal or biographical.
Know the Three Eternal truths.
1. Things and People are not what they seem.
2. There is a battle going on.
3. In the battle, you have a crucial role to play.
Know Communication statements.
1. Communication always has consequences.
2. Communication always has eternal consequences.
Know the “Everything has a place and everything in its place” saying
Know the Bible in a nutshell sentence.
God working in history to restore relationships with people like us.
Know the saying: Leave People/things better than you found them.
Know the saying: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
