Lakhalia

=**1** //**.) Plot- The action sequence of a narrative; what happens.**// = 

**//2.) Theme- The main message of the story.//**



**3. Climax- High point of intrest in a story. **

 4.  Exposition- The beginning of a story; setting is created, characters are introduced.

**//5. Denouement- The end of a story, after the climax. //** =  **//6. In Medias Res- A story that begins in the middle of a sequence of events. Previous events are made evident with flashbacks. //** == =**//7. Topic- Expressed in one or two words; does not express a view of life.//** = //8. Rising Action- Longest part of the story; where conflicts are introduced.//

**//9. Falling Action- Explains the complications of the climax to the reader. //** = = **//10. Conflict- Struggle between opposinng forces. //** //**11. Metaphor- A figure of speech in which something is spoken of as though it were something else; direct comparison of two unlike things. **//  =**//12. Simile- A figure of speech in which like or ass is used to make a comparison. //**=  =**//<span style="color: #f21cbb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">13. Personification- A figure of speech in which something not human is treated as if it were human. //**= =**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">//14. Symbolism- The use of something to represent something beyond itself.// **=

=//**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">15. Alliteration- repetition of the same intial consonant sound. **//=



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">**//16. Situational Irony- exists when what happens is the exact opposite of what expected to happen.//** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"> =//**<span style="color: #f21cbb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">17. Verbal Irony- exists when a person says one thing and means another. **//= <span style="color: #f21cbb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> = = =//**<span style="color: #f21cbb; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">18. Dramatic Irony- Occurs when the audience has important information that the characters do not. **//=

== =**//<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">19. Onomatopoeia- The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. Example: sparkle //**=

== =**//<span style="color: #2d867f; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">20. Hyperbole- A great exaggeration. Example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse. //**= <span style="color: #2d867f; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> =**//<span style="color: #ff6900; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">21. Foreshadowing- Use of clues or hints of what will happen later. //**=

=<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">**//22. Firs//****//t person narration- narrated by"I".//** =

<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> <span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">23. Second person narration- narrated by "you" (doesn't happen in literature) <span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">

<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">24. Third person limted- narration limited to one characters thoughts and feelings as the author's own; he or she. <span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">

<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">25. Third person ominiscient- Narration in which theauthor knows and reveals several characters' thoughts and feelings. == = = = = =<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">26. Narrative- A story told in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama. = = =

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 * //<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">27. Characterization- The //****//<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">act of creating //****//<span style="color: #f79292; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">and developing characters. //**


 * //<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">28. Setting- Time and place of action. //**

=2<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">9. Short story- a short work of fiction. =



=**//30. Narrator- Speaker or character who tells a story.//**=

= = =**//31. Tone- The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.//**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//32. Protagonist- Main character or hero.//**= = = =**//33. Antagonist- A character or force in conflict with the main character.//**=

== =**//34. Fiction- Pr//****//ose writing telling about imaginary characters and their trai//****//ts.//**= = = == = = = = = = =**//35. Direct Characterization- When the author directly tells what the characters' traits are.//**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//36. Indirect characterization- When the author directly tells what the characters look like, does, say, and how other characters react to them.//**= == =**//37. Dynamic character- One who develops or grows during the story.//**= == = = =**//38. Static character- Character who doesn't chnage or grow during the story.//**=

== = = =**//39. Novel- A//** **//long wo//****//rk of f//****//iction.//**=

= = = = = = = = = = =**//40. Sensory language- writing or speech//** **//that appeals to one or more of the senses.//**=

= = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">41. Cliche- A phrase that has used so long that its meaning is lost. //**=


 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">42. Allusion- A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, or //****//<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> art. //**


 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">43. Flashback- Narration of events before the normal time sequence of the plot. //**


 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">44. Analogy- When one thing is explained in terms of another. //**




 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">45. Understatement- When a response is deliberately incomplete. //**




 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">46. Oxymoron- Two words that seem to mean the opposite of each other. Example : Thunderous silence, dark victory. //**



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 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">47. Biography- A work a //****//<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">bout a person's life written by another person. //**




 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">48. Autobiography- A person writing about his/her own life. //**

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<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">**//49. Nonfiction- Prose writing presenting ideas or telling about real people, places, objects, or events.//**




 * //<span style="color: #800012; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">50. Figurative Language- Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally. //**




 * <span style="color: #ebff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">51. Legend- Story about someone local or from a particular region . **

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**<span style="color: #ebff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">53. Caricature- A drawing of a person in which one feature is exaggerated. **=
 * <span style="color: #ebff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">52. Myth- A fictional account that explains the actions of gods or causes of natural phenomena. **

= = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #ff00dd; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">54. Anecdote- A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. //**=

= = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">55. Genre- A division or type of literature. //**=

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= = = = = = =**//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">56. Prose- Ordinary form of written language. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">57. Mood- Feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. **=



= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<span style="color: #a654a6; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">**58. Diction- Word Choice** =



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= = = = = = = = = = = = =**<span style="color: #a654a6; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 59. Denotation- Dictionary meaning of a word. **=



= = = = = = = = =//<span style="color: #a654a6; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">60. Connotation- Meaning of a word in context of a work. //= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<span style="color: #a654a6; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">61. Narrative essay- Tells a story = = = = = =<span style="color: #a654a6; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">62. Descriptive essay- Conveys an impression about a person, place, thing, or idea. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =



= = = = = = = = = = = = =<span style="color: #971cf2; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">63. Persuasive essay- Tries to get reader to do something or accept writer's point-of-view. =

= = = = = = = = = = = = =<span style="color: #971cf2; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">64. Expository essay- Gives information, discusses ideas, or explains a process. =

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<span style="color: #971cf2; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">65. Satire- Using humor to make fun or change things. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">66. Dialect- Form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">67. Dialogue- Conversation between characters //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">68. Suspense- A feeling of events in a literary work. //**=

= = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">69. Paradox- a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true //**=

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">70. Rhetorical question- A question asked for effect, not to be answered //**= = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">71. Free verse- Poetry without fixed meter or pattern. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">72. Blank Verse- Poetry written in un-rhymed iambic pentameter. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">73. Soliloquy- One character, on stage, thinking aloud alone. //**=

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">74. Couplet- A pair of rhyming lines usually of the same length and meter. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">75. Tragedy- A work of literature, especially a play, that results in catastrophe for the main character. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">76. Monologue- Speech by one character in a play, story, or poem. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<span style="color: #ff6900; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 31px; line-height: 46px;">//77. Comedy- Work of literature, especially a play, that has a happy ending.// =


 * <span style="color: #ff6900; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 31px; line-height: 46px;">//78. Foil- A Character who is contrasted with another character.// **




 * <span style="color: #ff6900; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 31px; line-height: 46px;">//79. Aside- A short speech delivered by an actor in a play expressing his/her thoughts.// **


 * <span style="color: #ff6900; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 31px; line-height: 46px;">//80. Drama- a story written to be performed by actors.// **

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">81. Repetition- More than one use of any element of language. //**=

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">82. Parody- Making fun of a work by writing something similar but exaggerated. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">83. Dramatic poetry- Poetry that includes the techniques of drama. //**= = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">84. Rhyme scheme- a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #d14d4d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">85. Round Character- A character with many different traits. //**=

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">86. Archetype- Original pattern or model; all others are copies. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">87. Stanza- A group of lines in a poem considered as a unit. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">90. Lyric- A poem expressing thoughts and feelings. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">91. Epic- A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a hero, usually a hero with super human strength. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">92. Ballad- A short, musical poem usually focused on a single situation, often love or death. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">93. Haiku- A three-line poem usually about nature. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">94. Rhythm- The pattern created by arranging stressed and unstressed syllables. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">95. Rhyme- Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all succeeding consonant sounds. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">96. Assonance- The repetition of vowel sounds. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">97. Consonance- The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">98. Subjective- Based on opinions or feelings. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">99. Objective- Based on facts/evidence. //**= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**//<span style="color: #13ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 180%;">100. Chronological order- The order in which something happened. //**=

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