| A | B |
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| characterization | the way an author shows the characters |
| protagonist | the main character or hero |
| antagonist | character who opposes the main character/villian |
| climax | highest point of action |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| conflict | problem or struggle in the story (internal/external) |
| resolution | where the story resolves the conflicts |
| metaphor | Comparison of 2 unlike things w/o using “like” or “as” |
| simile | Comparison of 2 unlike things by using “like” or “as” |
| hyperbole | a great exaggeration |
| personification | giving human qualities to an inanimate object |
| allusion | reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work |
| oxymoron | combination of 2 unlike terms (jumbo shrimp) |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds (peter piper picked) |
| rhyme | repetition of near sounds |
| onomatopoeia | words which mimic sounds (drip, pow, zap) |
| imagery | descriptions & details which create word pictures |
| line | similar to a sentence in a poem |
| stanza | similar to a paragraph in a poem |
| point of view | the way a story gets told - 1st, 3rd, omniscient |
| foreshadow | hints that point to future events |
| flashback | the author reverts back to an earlier time |
| imagery | the use of vivid descriptions that appeal to a reader's senses |
| mood | the feelings a piece of literature gives the reader, sad, happy, etc. |
| characterization | the way an author reveals a character's traits to the reader |
| point of view | the way the author chooses to tell the story, through the "eyes" of a particular character |
| First person point of view | the author is the narrator, the story is told using pronouns like "I" |
| third person limited point of view | the story is told by one particular narrator, pronouns such as he, she, etc. are used |
| third person all knowing | the story is told through the perspective of several characters thoughts and feelings |
| theme | the main message or idea that runs through a piece of literature |
