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| allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work to make the writing stronger |
| Blank verse | Unrhymed verse |
| climax | The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action; the most emotional or suspenseful moment in story |
| denouement | final material that finishes the story |
| exposition | presentation of chars. and explanation of background |
| falling action | is all the events that follow the climax |
| Figurative language | Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meaning of the words. Example: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole |
| Free verse | Poetry without regular meter or rhyme |
| Iamb | Meter consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. |
| imagery | Visually descriptive, appeals to the senses, such as color |
| Metaphor | is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things, usually without using the words "like" or "as" |
| Meter | the arrangement of words in a rhythmical pattern of verse |
| pentameter | a line with 5 feet; iambic pentameter therefore has 10 syllables |
| plot | The events or main story in a literary work |
| point of view | The angle or perspective from which a story is told |
| Rhyme scheme | the order in which rhyming words occur, indicated by letters (ie, abba, aba, abcabc) |
| Simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines in iambic pentameter with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| Speaker | The voice in a poem. The speaker may be the poet or a character created by the poet. The speaker may also be a thing or an animal |
| Stanza | a group of lines forming a section of a poem; verse. |
| theme | The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals |
| tone | the author's attitude |
