 | Term | Definition |
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simile |
compares two things using like or as |
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metaphor |
compares two things directly using a form of the verb is |
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personification |
act of giving human qualities to an object or abstract idea |
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hyperbole |
exaggeration or overstatement |
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allusion |
reference to familiar people, things, places, or events |
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imagery |
art of using words to create an experience otherwise perceived through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste |
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plot |
set of events that make up a story |
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conflict |
main problem or struggle in a story |
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rising action |
events after the conflict is revealed but before the conflict must be faced |
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climax |
usually the most exiting part of the story |
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resolution |
way in a conflict is solved in a story |
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character |
people or animals in a story |
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traits |
qualities of characters |
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setting |
time and place of a piece of writing |
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theme |
main lesson in a passage |
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point of view |
perspective of a story |
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first person |
story told from"I" perspective |
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second person |
story told from the "you" perspective |
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third person |
the story told from a perspective from some one outside of the story |
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rhyme scheme |
pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
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balled |
a poem that tells a story in rhythmic verse |
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couplet |
to lines in verse that are next to each other |
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lyric |
relitivly short poem with one speaker who expresses thought and feeling |
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sonnet |
rhymed lyric poem that has 14 lines |
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elegy |
songs that express the passing of someone |
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ode |
a lyric poem that praises an impotent person, place, or thing |
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dialogue |
the words spoken by actors in poems |
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stage directions |
tell actors what to do before, during, or after |
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comedy |
a play that is usually made to make people laugh |
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tragedy |
a story that is serious and usually ends with an unhappy ending |
