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| alliteration | The repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in neighboring words (for example, she sells seashells). |
| bias | A personal and largely unreasoned judgment either for or against a particular person, position, or thing; a prejudice |
| biography | An account of a person’s life written by another person. |
| character | A figure in a literary work that either is a human being or possesses human qualities and is portrayed in human terms. |
| dynamic | one who changes in a significant way during the course of the story |
| static | one who remains the same throughout the story |
| round | one who is presented in a complex, three-dimensional portrait |
| flat | one who is presented as having a single trait |
| conflict | A struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces or the character’s emotions |
| connotation | The implicit, rather than explicit, meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word such as cheap and inexpensive. |
| point of view | The perspective or vantage point from which a literary work is told. |
| theme | The major idea of an entire work of literature. A theme may be stated or implied. |
| tone | The writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience conveyed through the choice of words and details. |
| personification | The figurative device in which animals, objects, or abstractions are represented as being human or as having human attributes. |
| nonfiction | Writing that is based on actual persons, places, things, or events. |
