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| dynamic character | a character that changes throughout a story |
| static character | a character who changes very little or not at all in a story |
| protagonist | a character who is usually the main character of a story. He or she is often the hero of a story but may not always act heroically |
| antagonist | a character or group of characters who oppose the protagonist. He or she is often the villain of the story. |
| Foil | a comparison between two or more characters who are opposites. Pairing these characters together reveal each character's true natures |
| confidante | the characyer with whom the protagonist or antagonist can share his other thoughts. He or she is often thought of as the "side-kick". |
| motivation | what causes a character to act, think or feel a certain way. |
| foreshadowing | when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story |
| mood | a feeling that a literary work conveys to a reader |
| tone | expresses the writer's attitude toward a subject |
| suspense | a feeling of growing tension and excitement |
| theme | the meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature in a literary work. (Often it is the lesson learned by the character). |
| alliteration | the repetition of a letter or sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or a line of peotry. |
| Example of an alliteration | The wild winds of winter. |
| Extended Metaphor | compares two unlike things at some length |
| Example of an extended metaphor | Abraham Lincoln is compared to a ship's captain in "OCaptain! My Captain" |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect |
| Example of a hyperbole | I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! |
| Metaphor | a comparison of 2 things that have some quality in common. However, it DOES NOT use like or as |
| Example of a metaphor | She is a rose |
| Onomatopoeia | words that sound like their meaning |
| Example of onomatopoeia | bang, hiss, clap |
| personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea |
| simile | a comparison of two things using words such as "like" or "as" |
| symbol | a person, place, object, or an action that stands for something beyond itself (ex: wedding ring is jewelry AND a symbol of love) |
| stanza | a grouping of two or more lines in a poem |
| rhyme scheme | the patterns at the end rhyme in a poem |
| exposition | What is the setting? Who are the characters? |
| conflict | What is the conflict or obstacle? |
| rising action | how does the conflict or obstacle become more complicated? |
| climax | What is the point of greatest tension? |
| falling action | what happens as aresult of the conflict and climax? |
| denouement | How is the story resolved? What happens to the protagonist in the end? |
| Subject of a sentence | tells whom or what the sentence is about. the subject always contains a noun. |
| Simple Subject | the noun that the sentence is about |
| predicate of a sentence | explains what happens to the subject or what the subject does and always contains a verb. |
| simple predicate | the verb of the sentence |
| preposition | shows a relationship between the noun or pronoun following the preposition and some other word in the sentence. |
| direct object | the word that receives the action of a verb. |
| indirect object of the verb | tells to whom or for whom or to what or for what something is done |
