| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allusion | indirect reference to person place thing or event that the author brlieves the reader will be familiar with |
| alliteration | repeated constanant sounds at the begining of words, repetition |
| analagy | an extended comparison of two things that have certain similarities |
| antagonist | character that the protagonist is pitted against |
| naturalism | attempts to apply set ruleswithout bias and without emotion to the study of being human |
| epiphany | a personal realization |
| analysis | seperating a whole into parts for indavidual more in depth study |
| audience | to whom the piece is directed |
| authors purpose | reason behind the text |
| autobiography | story of persons life written by themselves |
| character | peraon responsible for thoughts and actions in a story |
| characterization | method method used by a writer to develop character |
| climax | turning point of story |
| compare/contrast | examine to note similarities and differences in something |
| conflict | struggle found in fiction |
| connotation | association of a word, implied meaning |
| denotation | exact meaning of a word, dictionary definition |
| description | a mental image with words |
| dialect | regional variety of a language |
| diction | a writers choice of words |
| drama | literature dasigned for stage |
| epic | a major work dealing with an important theme |
| euphemism | less offensive expression in place of something unpleasent |
| falling action | series of events that take place after the climax |
| figurative language | say one thing and mean something else makes reader find meaning |
| fiction | imaginative narration |
| flashback | action that interupts to show an event that happened earlear neccisary for understanding |
| foil | prevent from being sucessful |
| foreshadowing | hint |
| genre | type of literature |
| hyperbole | exageration |
| historical context | setting of a book in history necissary for understanding |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| irony | says one thing means another |
| metaphor | comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as |
| myth | story that attempts to explain why the world is the way it is |
| narrative | peom tells a story |
| narrator | character who is telling the story |
| novel | fictional prose work of substantial length |
| novella | shorter than a novel and longer than a short story |
| paradox | a statement that seems like opposits that might be true |
| parallelism | similarity in something |
| plot | strucyure of a story |
| poem/ poetry | rythmic expressions of feelings |
| point of veiw | speaker who telling things from their perspective |
| prediction | fortelling of a future event |
| protagonist | character that is a hero |
| realism | 1830's-90's analysis of thought and feeling |
| rising action | conflict created for protagonist |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| similie | compares 2 unlike things using like or as |
| stanza | subdivision of a poem |
| summary | a description of a story |
| symbol | object repressents an idea |
| synopsis | description breifer than a summary |
| theme | what the work is about |
| tone | expresses the authors attatude towards their work |
| mood | emotional attatude authir takes toward their work |
| retorical question | a question that you dont need the answer to |
| romantasism | 1820'2-61 stories built around dreams |
| satire | to e used to make fun of, mostly politically |
| stereotype | assume a group of people have the same characteristics |
| structure | orginization of how something was put together |
| voice | character who tells the story |
| personification | human characteristics are given to non- human things |
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