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| allegory | a story written on 2 levels, usually with a political or social message |
| stereotype | a character who conforms to our racial, ethnic, or social prejudices |
| round character | a character who has many characteristics, both good & bad |
| flat character | a character with usually one character trait |
| propaganda | the deliberate attempt to influence people's opinions with misleading messages and powerful images |
| satire | a type of writing that ridicules something in order to make a point |
| theme | the message about life an author conveys in a story |
| protagonist | main character of a story |
| antagonist | the character against the main character |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing forces |
| epic | a poem or story that recounts the deeds of a hero on a long journey |
| narrative | any poem or writing that tells a story |
| myth | a tale containing gods & goddesses told to explain nature |
| prose | any writing that is written in sentences and paragraphs |
| rhetorical question | has no definite answer or not meant to be answered |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals the personality of a character |
| compare/contrast | a type of essay that explains the simililarities and differenced between 2 things |
| dynamic character | a character who changes as the result of what happens to him/her in the story |
| static character | a character who stays the same throughout the story |
| flashback | an interruption in a story to go back to an event in the past |
| figurative language | language that is not to be taken literally |
| dialogue | conversation between 2 characters in a story or poem |
| dramatic irony | the audience knows something is true or is going to happen but a character does not |
| foreshadowing | hints that suggest a later event in a story |
| persuasive essay | essay that attempts to influence the readers |
| setting | time and place in a story |
| suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next |
| verbal irony | a speaker says the opposite of what he/she really thinks or feels |
| historical fiction | a story set in a real period in a nation's past |
| nonfiction | any writing that is real life and not imaginary |
| memoir | a scene or experience written from memory |
| parody | a work done to mock or imitate another work |
