| Term | Definition |
|---|
| symbol | object, person or event that represents more that itself |
| allegory | story in which characters, settings & actions stand for something beyond themselves. |
| figurative language | is a tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize what is happening in a story or poem. |
| imagery | the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions or ideas |
| simile | comparison using like or as. |
| metaphor | states that one thing is something else. |
| setting | East coast between summer & autumn in the 1920's. |
| exposition | the brother is having a flashback about when Doodle was born. |
| rising action | brothers shows Doodle the coffin that was made for him. Doodle practices walking in old woman's swamp. |
| climax | The scarlet ibis dies & doodle buries him. |
| falling action | doodle & his brother go out & it starts to rain. |
| resolution | doodle dies |
| theme | accept people the way they are. |
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