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| alliteration | Repitiion of the initial, or beginning, sounds in two or more consecutive or neighboring words. |
| metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without the use of like or as. |
| simile | A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two unlike things. |
| personification | A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or an abstract idea is given human characteristics. |
| onomatopoeia | Words that imitate the sounds they make like "boom" and "ring" |
| plot | The arrangement or sequence of events in a story |
| symbolism | The use of an object to represent something else |
| irony | The use of words to express the opposite of their literal meaning |
| resolution | The part of the plot from the climax to the ending where the main dramatic conflict is worked out. |
| narrator | The character who tells the story |
| tone | The quality of feeling conveyed by the work; the author's wants to communicate |
| climax | The moment when the action in a story reached its greatest conflict |
| foreshadowing | The use of clues to give readers a hint of events that will occur later on |
| setting | The time and place in which the story occurs |
| mood | The feeling that the author creates for the reader |
