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| Alliteration | When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same letter or sound. |
| Antagonist | The opponent or enemy of the main character. |
| Aside | Words spoken directly to the audience. |
| Characterization | The means through which an author develops a character's personality. |
| Climax | The highest point of emotional intensity in a story. |
| Conflict | A (internal or external) struggle between two opposing forces. |
| Dialogue | The conversation between characters in a work of literature. |
| Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes a significant change over the course of the story. |
| Figurative Language | Examples include alliteration, hyperbole, idiom, imagery, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, and simile. |
| Flashback | A scene is a story which occurred before the present moment. |
| Foreshadow | Clue or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story. |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis. |
| Idiom | A saying that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words. |
| Imagery | Language that portrays to the five senses. |
| Irony | Verbal, situational, and dramatic are all types of... |
| Major Character | A main or central character who plays a large role in a story. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things. |
| Minor Character | A character who plays a small role in a story. |
| Mood | The feeling a reader gets from a story. |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe. |
| Personification | Describing nonhuman things using human qualities or emotions. |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a story (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution). |
| Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told. |
| Protagonist | The main or central character who faces conflict in a story. |
| Setting | The environment in which a story takes place including the time period and location. |
| Simile | When two unlike things are compared using the words like or as. |
| Static Character | A character who does not undergo significant change over the course of the story. |
| Symbolism | A object, setting, event, animal, or person which has significant meaning in the story. |
| Theme | A story's main message or moral. |
| Tone | The author's attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience. |
