Here’s a list of words you might hear when writing or reading and would like to understand:

Closet Drama- (this is not a term for romance novels) it

means a play written to be read, not performed

Climax- the moment of greatest action in a story, usually

 the point where the main character/protagonist faces and

deals with the consequences of all his/her actions or faces

 the antagonist (usually the bad guy)

Biography- (not abbreviated Bio.) the life story of someone

other than the author

Bionote- abbreviated Bio., a short, third person description

 of the author, often found on the back cover of a book

Antagonist- the main character (or force) that tries to stop

the protagonist (the hero or heroine of the story) from

achieving his/her goal.

Allegory- using a situation or character to symbolize a

moral, to teach a lesson, or represent a fact

Alliteration- a series of words that repeat the same sound

(ex: secret sacred sorcerer’s stone)

Cliche- overused expression (OMG is so cliche)

Euphemism- a phrase used to make something bad sound

better than it is (ex: He passed on. instead of He’s dead.)

Voice- an author’s voice is the style of expression they use

Onomatopoeiaa- a word that sounds like its meaning (ex:

sizzle, hiss, and buzz)

Personification- making an inatimate object have human

attributes