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alliteration |
the repitition of initial consonant sounds |
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allusion |
referance to a well known person, place thing, or idea |
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antagonist |
villian, or bad guy in the story |
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assonance |
repitition of vowel sounds in a story |
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character |
person, animal, or imaginary creature |
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characterization |
the art of creating a character |
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climax |
the most exciting moment where a problem is solved and an outcome decided |
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conflict |
main prob struggle between opposing force |
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dramatic irony |
when the audience knows something the ch. doesn't |
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exposition |
beginning |
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external conflict |
ch. struggle with an outside force |
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falling action |
follows the climax |
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fiction |
literature in which ch. or events are made up; FAKE |
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flashback |
interuption of a current action to present events from an earlier time |
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foreshadowing |
hints that sugest future events in a story |
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foil |
ch. used in contrast to decribe another ch. |
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imagery |
mental pictures created by the words of a poem |
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internal conflict |
struggle within a character's mind |
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metaphor |
implicit comparison by using a word normally for 1 thing to designate another |
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meter |
the measured arrangement of words in a poem |
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onomatopoeia |
using word which imitate the sound they refer to |
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personification |
giving human like characteristics to in animate objects |
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plot |
series of related events that makes up a story |
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point of view |
perspective from which the story is told |
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first person |
writer in the poem tells from his or her perspective |
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third person |
writer tells the poem objective perspective |
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third person omniscient |
writer is not in the poem but knows and decribes all the characters thoughts and ideas |
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protagonist |
hero/ good guy |
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repetition |
repeating of words, phrases, sounds ect. |
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resolution |
end outcome resolve conflict |
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rhyme |
identical or similar ending sounds between two words or lines |
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rhyme pattern |
the way rhymes occur in a poem |
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rising action |
action leading to the climax |
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setting |
time and place of events in a story |
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shakespearean sonnet |
14 sylobol poem by shakespeare |
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simile |
comparison of objects using "like" "as" or "than" |
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stanza |
one of the divisions of a poem; grouping of two or more lines |
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suspense |
uncertanty/ anxiety about what will happen next |
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symbol |
concrete objects that represent idea or concept |
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theme |
the main idea |
