| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Antagonist | the character that works against the protagonist |
| Auditory Image | descriptive language that evokes noise, music, or other sounds |
| Climax | point in a story where the intensity reaches its highest |
| Conflict | opposition between two bodies (person-person, person- inner conflict, etc.) |
| Dialect | the language of a particular group |
| Foreshadowing | Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later on |
| Genre | a type or category of literature or film marked by certain shared features |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement |
| Irony | saying one thing and meaning another |
| Metaphor | a comparison to suggest one thing is another |
| Mood | a feeling, disposition of mind, or emotional state |
| Naturalism | trying to depict natural life as closely as possible |
| Personification | animals or inanimate objects receive human personalities |
| Point of View | the way a story gets told and who tells it |
| Protagonist | the main character in a work |
| Realism | a complete description with negatives about situations included |
| Setting | the general locale, historical time, and social circumstances in which the action occurs |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Symbolism | usage of words that have meanings beyond what they stand for |
| Visual Image | imagery that invokes colors, shapes, or things that can be seen |
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