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| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. (tounge twister) |
| allusion | a reference to someone or something from lititure, history, religion, mythology, polotics, sports, or any other field that many people are familiar with. |
| anecdote | a brief story told to illistrate a point. |
| antagonist | a character that opposes the main character |
| character | a person or animal in a story, a play, or another literary work.li |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals the personality of a character. |
| climax | the point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest. |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces |
| connotation | a meaning, association, or emotion suggested by a word, in addition to its dictionary definition. |
| fiction | a prose account that is made up rather than true |
| flashback | interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happend at an earlier time. |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in a plot. |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses. |
| irony | a contrast between expectation and reality. |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing. |
| motivation | the reason a character behaves in a certain way. |
| nonfiction | prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing facts. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. |
| personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitude. |
| plot | the series of related events that make up a story. |
| point of view | the standpoint from which a story is told. |
| protagonist | the main character in a work of lititure. |
| setting | the time and place of a story, play or narative poem. |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things using words such as like, as, than, or resembles. |
| suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story. |
| symbol | a person, place, thing, or event that has meaningin its self and standsfor something beyond itself as well. |
| theme | a main idea in a work of lititure. |
| tone | the attitude a writter takes towards his or her subject, characters, and audience. |
