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| characterization | the techniques a writer uses to create a character |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces ex: man vs. nature |
| dialect | a form of language spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people |
| figurative language | expressions that are not literally (word-for-word) true |
| irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens |
| mood | the atmosphere, or feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
| plot | the sequence of related events in a story |
| setting | the time, place, and culture in which a story takes place |
| symbolism | a person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself |
| theme | the meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature in a literary work |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward a subject |
| simile | a comparison of two things that have qualities in common using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | when you say something "IS" something else because they have the same qualities |
| personification | giving human qualities to something not human |
| motivation | the reason a character acts or thinks the way he does |
| 1st person point of view | when the narrator is a character in the story (uses words like "I" "me" "we") |
| 3rd person point of view | the narrator is not a character in the story |
| protagonist | central character or hero in a story |
| antagonist | a force working against the main character |
| falling action | part of the story where loose ends are tied up |
| climax | the point of highest interest where the conflict starts to resolve and the outcome of the plot becomes clear (also known as the turning point) |
| rising action | events in a story that move the plot forward (builds suspense) |
| exposition | the part of the story that establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and gives the reader important background information |
| imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the five senses (hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell) |
| hyperbole | exaggeration to create a strong effect |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate the sound it describes |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. |
| end rhyme | when rhyming words are at the end of lines in a poem |
| internal rhyme | when rhyming occurs within a single line of a poem |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of end rhyme in a poem. Each line is assigned a letter of the alphabet. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter. |
| rhythm | the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. |
| stanza | two or more consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem |
| free verse | poetry that lacks established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza |
| repetition | a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis |
| speaker | the voice that talks to the reader in a poem, like the narrator in a story |
| couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry |
| ballad | a type of narrative poem that tells a story; meant to be sung or recited. |
| epic | a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions show the values of a nation or group |
| ode | a type of lyric poem that addresses broad, serious themes such as justice, truth, or beauty. |
| sonnet | a poem that has a formal structure, containing 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme and meter. |
| lyric poetry | presents the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Most poems, other than narrative poems, are this. |
| meter | the regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry |
| foreshadow | when a writer gives hints to future events in a story |
| flashback | an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time |
| literal | the exact meaning of words |
| coordinating conjunctions | join words, clauses, and phrases (For And Nor But Or Yet So) |
| subordinating conjunctions | connec main clauses to subordinate (also called dependent) clauses (A WHITE BUS) |
| compound sentence | a sentence with 2 or more independent clauses joined together |
| complex sentence | a sentence with a dependent clause and an independent clause |
