| A | B |
|---|
| hyperbole | a huge exaggeration |
| elegy | a poem mourning the dead |
| contrast | to explain how two things differ |
| foreshadow | clues about what will happen in the future |
| allusion | a reference to someone or something |
| point of view | view from which a story is told |
| end rhyme | rhyming words that are at the end of lines |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| archetype | character who represents a certain type of person |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines in a poem |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| conflict | elements (internal or external) that create the plot |
| genre | kind of style, usually of art or literature |
| dramatic monologue | poem with a fictional narrator that doesn't speak |
| antagonist | major character who opposes the protagonist |
| atmosphere | overall feeling of a work |
| blank verse | unrhymed lines of poetry |
| iambic pentameter | ten-syllable lines where every other line is stressed |
| allegory | story in which characters represent abstract qualities |
| fable | story that illustrates a moral |
| denouncement | resolution of the conflict after the climax |
| epic | long poem narrating the adventures if a heroic figure |
| free verse | poetry with no set meter or rhyme scheme |
| climax | the emotional peak of a story |
| characterization | means by which an author establishes character |
| figurative language | language that doesn'e mean exactly what it says |
| imagery | using the five sense to describe something |
