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| setting | the time and place of action in a literary work; where the story take place |
| Direct characterization | when the author tells what the character is like, looks like, and does |
| Indirect characterization | when the writer reveals a character's personality through his or her appearance, words, actions, and effects on others |
| alliteration | the repitition of initial consonant sounds |
| personification | a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics |
| essay | a short nonfiction work about a particualr subject |
| climax | the highest point of interest, or suspense, in a literary work |
| figurative language | an imaginativeuse of words that goes beyond denotation |
| biography | a form of nonfiction in whicj a writer tells the life story of another person |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| simile | a figure of speech that used "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas |
| autobiography | a form of nonfiction in which the writer tells the story of his or her own life |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| rhyme | identical sounds at the ends of words |
| metaphor | a description of one item as if it were another |
| Theme | the underlying message or insight about life that is communicated in a literary wokk |
| plot | the sequence of events in a literary work in which each event results from the previous one and results in the next |
| rhythm | repeated words or grammatical structure |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
