| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Sonnet | 3 quatrains and a couplet |
| Assonance | repetition of vowels |
| Symbol | person or object that holds a deeper meaning |
| Theme | the message or point the author wants to give the audience |
| Allusion | a reference to another work |
| Parallelism | 2 things that are similar in a story |
| Personification | giving intimate objects human characteristics |
| Point of View | someone's perspective of a story |
| Point of View | 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person |
| Metaphor | comparing 2 objects without using like or as |
| Similie | comparing two objects using like or as |
| Slang | Jargon |
| Mood | the feeling we have after reading a literary work |
| Soliloquy | long speech expressing thoughts of a character alone in a stage |
| Denouement | Final explanation of the outcome of the plot, after the resolution |
| Allegory | complex metaphor interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning |
| Imagery | describing something with great detail using adjectives. Affects all 5 sense |
| tone | diction that the author uses |
| Oxymoron | 2 opposites |
| Thesis | claim or point of essay with a subject and opinion |
| tragedy | drama where central characters suffer great misfortune |
| Aside | words spoken in an undertone, not meant to be heard by all characters |
| Monologue | long, lengthy speech by 1 person on stage |
| Irony | some kind of coincidence |
| Alliteration | repetition of the same constant |
| Foil | someone's opposite |
| Figurative Language | something not meant to be taken literally |
| Dramatic Irony | the audience knows something that the characters don't. |
| Jargon | Slang terminology |
| Foreshadowing | an event or conversation that gives a hint to something that will happen in the future |
| Characterization | giving characters physical and personality traits |
| Diction | an authors word choice |
| Couplet | 2 lines after a quatrain |
| Climax | turning point in a story, highest point of suspense |
| Illustration | design or image |
| Argument | type of conflict that arises |
| Anti-hero | protagonist who has characters opposite of what we consider a hero |
| Antagonist | person that battles or opposes the protagonist, the villan |
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