Lamb to the Slaughter Terminology Review & Vocabulary

SUSPENSE Suspense is the feeling of anxiety about what the outcome will be.

NARRATOR A narrator is simply the one telling the story. The narrator may be a character in the story (first person) or someone outside of the story (third person).

IRONY There are three types of irony: dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony. When the term irony is used alone, it is most likely referring to situational irony. Situational irony is when the opposite of what is expected occurs.

Point of View Stories are told from first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient point of view.

Perspective Whomever tells a story, is telling it from their perspective. If they are part of the story, we may consider them to be unreliable narrators.

Omniscient In third person point of view, a narrator who is able to share every characters thoughts and feelings is considered omniscient, which mean all-knowing.

Detective A person whose job is to solve crimes.

Alibi A legal term to show that a person was not present when a crime was committed.

Corpse A corpse is a dead body.

Exasperated When you are exasperated, you are fed up or tired of a situation.