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| falling action | all events following the climax and leading to the resolution |
| flat character | a character that remains unchanged throughout the story |
| imagery | language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses |
| infer | draw a conclusion |
| irony | when an outcomeis different than expected |
| metaphor | a comparison of unlike things |
| motif | often repeated idea or theme |
| onomatopoeia | when a word imitates a sound |
| personification | giving human characteristics to an inanimate object |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is presented |
| 1st person narrative | a character in the story tells the story from his or her own perspective |
| stream of conciousness | a chaotic flow of disconnected, half-formed thoughts and impressions as they flow through the character's conciousness |
| omniscient narrator | a 3rd person narrator who is able to see into each character's mind and understand all the actions |
| limited omniscient narrator | a 3rd person narrator who only reports the thoughts of one character |
| objective narrator | 1 3rd person narrator who only reports what would be visible to a camera |
| protagonist | the main character of a story; must be dynamic |
| resolution | the ending of the story |
| rhyme | words with similar sounds |
| rhymed couplet | 2 successive lines of poetry, usually equal in length, that rhyme |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes in a poem |
| rising action | the development of the conflict |
| satire | literary tone used to make fun of human vice or weakness, often used to make a change |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| stanza | the divisions in poetry |
| symbol | a smaller object used to represent an idea or concept |
| theme | the main idea of a piece of literature |
| tone | the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subjct, or audience |
| double entendre/pun | a word or phrase capable of two interpretations |
