English Final
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oddaudrey5 on May 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Verbal Irony | occurs when what is said contradicts what is meant or thought |
| Situational Irony | an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected |
| Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't |
| Internal Conflict | a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character |
| External Conflict | a problem or struggle between a character and someone or something outside of the character |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told |
| Protagonist | main character |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| Metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Personification | the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Oxymoron | an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined |
| Symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. |
| Onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean |
| PHOT | Light |
| VID | To see to look |
| NUNC | To announce |
| DIC | To say to tell |
| VOC | To call |
| PLE | To fill |
| FIG | To shape |
| PON | To put, place |
| LEGA | To appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with |
| ACT | To do, act |
| AUD | To hear |
| AGON | Contest, struggle |
| VEST | Clothing |
| HOMO | The same |
| UNI | One |
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