| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Denotation | the literal or "dictionary" definition of a word |
| Connotation | The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse |
| Couplet | 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| Drama | a story acted out, usually on stage, by actors and actresses who take the parts of specific characters. |
| Epic | a long narrative poem that relates the deeds of a hero. |
| Fiction | Anything that is invented or imagined, especially a prose narrative. |
| Figure of Speech | A term applied to a specific kind of figurative language, such as a metaphor or simile. |
| Flashback | A scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem, that interrupts the actions to show that an event happened at an earlier time. |
| Character Foil | A character who sets off another character's contrast. |
| Heroic Couplet | Two consecutive lines of rhyming poetry that are written in iambic pentameter and contain a complete thought |
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