| Term | Definition |
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| alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
| allusion | a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art |
| assonance | the repitition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants |
| character | A person, or any thing presented as a person |
| characterization | the method used by a writer to develop a character |
| conflict | to come into collision or disagreement |
| diction | style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
| foreshadow | to show or indicate beforehand |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| imagery | language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching |
| irony | an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant |
| metaphor | comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like |
| mood | In literature, a feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind |
| rhyme | In poetry, a pattern of repeated sounds |
| meter | A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line or lines of poetry |
| onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents |
| personification | giving human qualities to animals or objects |
| plot | the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work |
| point of view | the position of the narrator in relation to the story |
| setting | the surroundings or environment of anything |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared |
| symbols | using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning |
| theme | the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express |
| tone | The means of creating a relationship or conveying an attitude |
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