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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story. |
| Protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction. |
| Analogy | A comparison between two things that are alike somehow. |
| Alliteration | Words that start with the same letter in a sentence. Ex: Peter Piper has a peck of pickled peppers. |
| Author's Purpose | The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain). |
| authors perspective | the writers attitude toward the subject of his/her writing |
| quatrain | a stanza or poem of four lines |
| cinquain | a five line stanza |
| haiku | a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. |
| epitaph | (n) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone |
| limerick | a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba |
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