| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allegory | a story with two or more lessons |
| allegorical character | a character in an allegory |
| alliteration | reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |
| antagonist | character in conflict with the main character |
| assonance | repitition of vowel sounds in conjunction |
| caricature | picture or description ludacrisly exagerated |
| character/characterization | the act of creating and developing a character |
| climax | the high point or turning point in the story |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| Diction | a writer or speaker's word choice |
| Exposition | writing or speech that presents information |
| Figurative Language | writing or speech not meant to be taken literally |
| flashback | relation to an event from an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
| Genre | division or type of literature |
| hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration |
| imagery | figurative languade used to create word picturesfor the reader |
| irony | contrast between what is stated and what is said |
| metaphor | one thing is spoken of as though it were something else |
| meter | rhythmical pattern |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| oxymoron | figure of speech that combines two opposing ideas |
| parable | brief story that teaches a moral lesson |
| paradox | statement that seems to be contradictory but actuallt presents a truth |
| parody | humorous imatation |
| personification | figure of speech where a non-human subject is given human characteristics |
| point of view | perspective in which a story is told |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| protagonist | the main character |
| resolution | ending, conclusion |
| satire | writing that criticizes or ridicules |
| setting | time and place |
| similie | direct comparison between subjects using like or as |
| soliloquy | a speech |
| stereotype | prejiduce or judging |
| suspense | growing uncertainty about the outcome of events |
| symbolism | anything that stands for or represents something |
| theme | central message |
| tone | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author |
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