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| character | is a person in a story, poem, or play |
| pun | is the use of a word in a way that plays on its different meanings |
| conflict | means the opposition between two forces-internal or external |
| foreshadowing | is the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
| irony | is when something opposite happens that the character does not know |
| exposition | is the introdutiion and presents essential information what has occurred prior to the beginning |
| plot | is the structure of the play or the sequence of events |
| metaphor | is a comparison that does NOT us "like" or "as"- He is a rock |
| theme | is the central idea of a work |
| climax | means the highest point in a plot line |
| comedy | is a literary work which is amusing and ends happily |
| assonance | means the repetition of vowel sounds |
| personification | is a metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
| soliloquy | means a monologue in which a character expresses his/her thoughts alone |
| drama | is a story that is written to be acted for an audience |
| falling action | is the series of events which takes place after the climax |
| setting | is the time and place in which a story unfolds |
| sonnet | is a fourteen line poem |
| alliteration | means the reptition of intitial consonant sound-Sad Sally sat by the sea |
| couplet | means a pair of rhyming lines in a poem |
| dialogue | is a conversation between characters. |
| simile | is a comparison using "like" or "as"- She is like a star |
| protagonist | the main character; the one who "drives" the story |
| antagonist | causes obstacles for the protagonist |
| rising action | a series of complications for the protagonist, flowing out of the main conflict |
| resolution | includes the tragedy's catastrophe of the hero's and other's deaths; conclusion of the play and unraveling of the plot |
