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| Alliteration | reptition of same consonant sound |
| Allusion | reference to something or someone famous |
| Antagonist | person or thing working against the protagonist |
| Characterization | way the author describes the character, may use variety of methods |
| Conflict | problem or struggle in a storry that triggers action |
| Dialogue | what characters actually say |
| Diction | author's choice of words |
| Flashback | author takes the story back in time |
| Foreshadowing | giving hints or clues of what is to come |
| Genre | refers to a category or type of literature based on style, form or content |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration or overstatement |
| Imagery | words or phrases used to create a picture |
| Irony | a contradiction between what is said and what is meant or when the opposite happens |
| Metaphor | comparison between 2 things not using "like" or "as" |
| Mood | feeling a text arouses in the reader, how it makes them feel |
| Motif | term for an often- repeated idea or theme in literature |
| Onomatopoeia | use of words that imitate the sounds of their meanings |
| Allegory | A story in which characters represent abstract qualities or ideas |
| Anecdote | little story; often amusing; inserted into an essay for emphasis |
| Catharsis | character experiencing emotional clensing |
| Connoatation | feeling or emotion a word brings to your mind |
| Denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
