| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allegory | a story |
| alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words |
| allusion | reference to something literary |
| antagonist | an open opponent or enemy |
| archetype | a very typical example |
| assonance | resemblance of sound between words with rhyming of vowels |
| atmosphere | over all feeling of the book, example tone |
| blank verse | verse without rhyme |
| characterize | describes the character |
| climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point |
| conflict | element that creates a plot |
| contrast | used to explain two things that are different |
| couplets | a pair, a couple |
| denouements | the final part of a play |
| dramatic monologue | said to other people which is a poem |
| elegy | a mournful poem for the dead |
| end rhyme | the end of the rhyme |
| epic | long poem describing the deeds of heroic |
| fable | a short story with a moral |
| figurative language | similes or personification |
| first person point of view | told from the point of view of the first person |
| foreshadowing | a hint of what's to come |
| free verse | poetry that does not rhyme |
| Genre | a style or category |
| hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration |
Combine with other sets
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