| Term | Definition |
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| Aliteration | Two or more word with the same consonate sound.."He clasps the crag with crooked hands" |
| Allusion | Reference to a person, place, event or literary work a writer expects the reader to recognize |
| Antagonist | The character or force that opposes the protagonist |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity |
| Character | person or animal who takes part int eh action of a literary work. |
| Conflict | A struggle between two opposing forces in a story |
| Connotation | All of the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse. |
| Consonance | Comparable to alliteration |
| Denotation | The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase |
| Denoument | The final outcome of a story |
| Foil | A character who is a contrast to another character |
| Foreshadowing | Clues in a literary work that suggest what will happen later |
| Hyperbole | A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement |
| Irony | A contrast between what is stated and what is meant |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not leterally applicable inorder to suggest a resemblance, as in A mighty fortress is our God". |
| Meter | Rhythmical pattern of a poem |
| Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions. |
| Point - of - View | The vantage point of a story |
| Protagonist | The central character of a drama, novel, short story or narrative poem |
| Rhyme | Words that have similar sounds at thier end like red and said |
| Setting | The time and place in which a story occurs |
| Simile | A direct comparison of two unlike things |
| Stanza | A clustered group of lines in a poem |
| Theme | The general idea of insight about life that a writer wishes to express in a literary work |
| Tone | The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters or audience |
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