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| verse | lines of poetry |
| rhyme | similar vowel sounds in words of poetry |
| chance happening | action happens by accident |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of unlike items, ideas |
| tone | attitude of writer toward subject; mysterious, serious |
| suspense | feeling of uncertainty |
| round character | describing different traits, virtues |
| imagery | sensory words for mental images |
| personification | human characteristics given to nonhuman things |
| flat characters | describing one characteristic/trait |
| couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry |
| foil | contrasting characters together to note differences |
| paradox | contadiction or opposite reveals the truth |
| conflict | struggle; man vs the outside world |
| internal conflict | struggle - man vs himself - decisions |
| foreshadowing | hints of upcoming events |
| external conflict | struggle with outside forces |
| irony | unexpected situation |
| mood | atmosphere or emotional quality of story |
| narrator | person who tells the story |
| plot | action, sequence of events |
| exposition | part of plot; the introduction |
| climax | plot turning point |
| resolution | plot, ending |
| flashback | events-present-past-present |
| point of view | narrator of story - told through his eyes |
| playwright | author of a work of drama |
| setting | time and place |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| theme | moral or life lesson of story |
| analogy | comparison |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| characterization | information about characters |
| protagonist | the main character; the good guy |
| dramatic irony | audience knows what characters don't |
| complication | an obstacle that leads to a conflict |
| dialogue | words that characters speak to each other |
| symbol | something or someone that stands for an idea |
