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| Term | Definition
alliteration, |
| allusion | implied or indoirect reference |
| ambiguity | uncertainty |
| antagonist | character or force opposing the protagonist
characterization, |
| climax | high point of interest or suspense in a work
conflict, |
| person vs. nature | person vs. society |
| connotation | implied or suggested meaning of a word
consonance, |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and have the same metrical pattern
denotation, |
| diction | choice of words
direct characterization, |
| dramatic irony | difference between what a character in a work knows and what the audience or
reader knows
dynamic character, |
| epic poetry | long narrative poetry that tells about the deeds of gods of heroes
euphemism,a nice way od saying something unpleasant
exposition, |
| external conflict | struggle between a character and another character or outside force
falling action, |
| figure of speech | a general term for certain creative literary devices, such as simile and
metaphor
first-person point of view, |
| flashback | interruption of the plot to recount an event from an earlier time
flat character, |
| foil | a character, often minor, who contrasts with a major character
foreshadowing, |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect
iambic pentameter, |
| imagery | descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses
indirect characterization, |
| internal conflict | struggle within a character
irony, |
| lyric poetry | poetry expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
metaphor, |
| meter | the rhythmical pattern of a poem
monologue, |
| mood (see atmosphere) | atmosphere, or feeling created in a reader by a literary passage
narrative poetry, |
| narrator | speaker or character who tells a story
objective, |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds
oxymoron, |
| paradox | a seeming contradiction that may nonetheless be true
persona, |
| personification | giving human characteristics to something that is not human
plot, |
| point of view | perspective from which a story is told
prose, |
| protagonist | main character in a work
repetition,repeating syllable or word
resolution, |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at the ends of words
rhyme scheme, |
| round character | a complex, three-dimensional, realistic character
satire, |
| shift | change in tone or mood |
| setting | the time and place of a literary work
simile, |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem considered as a unit
static character, |
| syntax | how words etc put together to form desired phrases etc |
| symbol | object that stands for something else
theme, |
| tone | "writers attitude towards his or her subject and audience; e.g., formal or informal, serious
or playful, bitter or sympathetic, straightforward or ironic |
