English I Literary Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant or vowel sounds in two or more successive or nearby words |
| Protagonist | The main character of the story |
| Antagonist | The rival of the main character in a story |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated Speech |
| Imagery | Using anything relating to the 5 senses to describe something |
| Syntax | What type of sentence you use (simple, compound, complex, compound complex) |
| Tone | A particularly emotion conveyed through your writing (i.e Dark, Happy) |
| Diction | Word Choice |
| Personification | Applying human-like qualities to a non human object |
| Symbolism | Using something to represent an idea |
| Metaphor | An analogy that does not use like or as |
| Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that is repeated throughout a text |
| Simile | An analogy that uses like or as |
| Enjambment | When poetry continues to flow through the end of a line |
| End Stopped | When poetry cesases to flow at the end of a line |
| Caesura | A pause or break in the middle of a poetry line |
| End Rhyme | Rhyming on the last syllable of a poetic line |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhymes used throughout a poem |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that is pronounced like the sound it represents (i.e. BAM, WHOOSH) |
| Stanza | A poetic paragraph |
| Buildunsroman | A coming of age story |
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