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| Alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sounds in accented syallables |
| Allusion | a reference within a written work to something outside of it |
| Antagonist | the opponent of the main character |
| Autiobiography | literally self biography |
| Climax | turning point or highest point of the action |
| Conflict | the problem or challenge faced by the protagonist |
| Flashback | summary of earlier events; as an intro or inserted parenthetically later |
| Foreshadowing | hints or clues as to what will happen later in a story |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Iambic Pentameter | a pattern of 5 unstressed, stressed feet per line |
| Imagery | any sensory detail in a work - touch, sight, smell, sound, taste |
| Irony | what actually occurs is the opposite of what is expected to occur |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things |
| Meter | accented syllables in poetic rhythm that occur at equal intervals |
| Mood | feeling created by a piece |
| Onomatopoeia | a word capturing the sound it describes |
| Personification | gives human characteristics to things, ideas, objects |
| Plot | sequence of actions in a story, must include a conflict |
| Protagonist | the main character in a story |
| Resolution | how the conflict is resolved; occurs after the climax |
| Rhyme Scheme | pattern of sound repetition in a poem |
| Setting | where and when a story, novel, etc. takes place |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Sonnet | a poem with 14 lines, written in iambic pentameter |
| Speaker | character or voice assumed by the author |
| Suspense | feeling of anxious uncertainty |
| Symbolism | an object representing itself and something else |
| Theme | an insight or message about life; main idea |
