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| Alliteration | the repetition of similar sounds |
| Analogy | an extended comparison showing the similarities between two things |
| Anecdote | a brief account, sometimes biographical, of an interesting or entertaining incident |
| Antagonist | the character who directly opposes the main character in a story or play |
| Aside | words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone, not intended to be heard by other characters on stage |
| Characterization | a portrayal of characters through what they say and do and through what other characters say about them |
| Cliche | any trite or commonplace expression that is no longer effective because it has been used too often |
| Climax | the decisive moment in the conflict of a story or play |
| Conflict | the struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or significant characters that forms the basis of the plot of a story or play. |
| Figurative Language | language that uses imaginative devices called "figures of speech" |
| Flashback | a device by which an author interrupts a pla or sotry to reveal events tht occurred at an earlier time |
| Foreshadowing | the planning of importnt clues in play or story to prepare the reader for the events that are to come |
| Irony | is the mode of expression in which the author says one thing but means the opposite |
| Methaphor | a comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them. A metaphor does not use "like" or "as". |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning |
| Personification | a figure of speech in which an animal, object, natural force, or idea is given personality or described as if it were human |
| Protagonist | the main character or force in a story or play |
| Setting | the time and place in which the action of a story or play takes place |
| Simile | a comparison made between two dissimilar things through the use of a specific word of comparison such as "like"or "as" |
| Soliloquy | lines in a drama in which a character reveals his thoughts to the audience, but to the other characters, by speaking as if to himself |
