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| rhyme | Pattern of sounds, echo effect from repetition of sounds |
| meter | Rythm, beat of a poem |
| symbol | An object that represents something else, usually an idea |
| metaphor | Implied comparison |
| image | Words in a poem that speak to the senses |
| theme | The larger meaning, what the poem or story is REALLY about |
| persona | The voice of the narrator of the poem; not always the poet |
| personification | Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects |
| end rhyme | Words at the ends of the lines of a poem rhyme |
| internal rhyme | Words rhyme within a line of poetry |
| slant rhyme | Approximate rhyme - not quite rhyming |
| alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| introduction | Opening paragraphs of a story |
| character | One of the persons in a story |
| characteristics | Qualities and personality traits of a character in a story |
| setting | When and where the story takes place |
| local color | Details that bring regional settings alive |
| atmosphere | The cloud of feelings the author puts in the story |
| mood | What the reader feels as he/she is reading the story |
| suspense | A feeling or waiting or tension that keeps you reading |
| conflict | The problem that is the basis for the story |
| plot | What happens in the story |
| complications | Events or situations that make the problem more difficult to solve |
| crisis | The turning point of the story, where the conflict begins to be resolved |
| climax | The high point of the action in the story |
| resolution | How the problem is solved |
| anticlimax | Comes after the climax to wrap up the story |
| protagonist | Main character, usually the "good guy" |
| antagonist | Character/situation/thing that is causing the problem of the story |
| simile | Explicit comparison using like or as |
