| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | Important char. That has a conflict with main char |
| Location | Where story takes place |
| Time | When the story takes place |
| Surroundings | Weather buildings |
| Rising action | Events that lead up to climax |
| Climax | Turning point |
| Falling action | Events after the climax |
| internal conflict | Inner problems faced by protag |
| External conflict | Prob. between main character and someone else or something else |
| theme | message/idea/topic |
| author's purpose | reason author wrote story |
| short story | less involved work of fiction |
| novel | longer, more involved work of fiction |
| drama/play | performed by actors |
| mystery | work of fiction involving crime or secret |
| biography | story of someone's life |
| autobiography | story about the author's life |
| textbook | specific subject like math |
| crique | personal evaluation of literature |
| similie | comparison of two unlike things, using the word "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | comparision of two unlike things using "to be" |
| irony | unexpected, humorous event |
| symbolism | using an object to represent something other than itsef |
| personfication | giving human qualities to something non human |
| hyperbole | exaggeration/overstatement |
| idiom | figure of speech that is not to be taken litterally |
| cliche | an overused idiom or expression |
| free verse | no specific rhyme or pattern |
| haiku | 3 lines 5-7-5 syllabls, usually about nature |
| limerick | humorous, 5 lines |
| sonnet | 14 lines |
| narrative | poetry that tells a story |
| lyric | poetry that is personal or emotional |
| alliteration | repetition of the beiginning consonant sound in words that are close together like five, fish fell |
| assonance | repeition of vowel sounds in near by words |
| consonance | repletion of consonant sounds in nearby words like wash, clash |
| repitition | words or phrases that are repeated |
| rhyme | words that have the same endings like dog, frog |
| prefixes | word part added to the front of a base word |
| root | base word |
| suffixes | word part added to the end of a base word |
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