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climax - high point of the story exposition- the beginning

denouement- the end



in medias res - in the middle



topic- in one or two words rising action-longest part of the story

falling actin- the bad part in the story

conflict - between opposing forces



metaphor - not using like or as

simile- uses like or as personification- treating something not human as a human

symbolism- to represent something beyond itself



alliteration- repeating something over and over etc



situational irony - the opposite of is whats soppose to happen

verbal irony - when someone says one thing and means something else



dramatic irony - when the audience has some important info and the characters do not

onomatopoeia - a word or a phrase sound



hyperbole- a great exaggeration

foreshadowing- use the clues or hints of what will happen

first person narration- meaning using i



second person narration - by you



third person limited - the character tells it

third person omniscient - the author knows and tells many of the characters thoughts and feelings

narrative- a story told in fiction,nonfiction, poetry, or drama

characterization- creating and developing characters

setting- the time and place of action

short story - a small work of fiction

narrator- the speaker or the character who tells the story



tone-the writers attitude towards his or hers audience and subject



protagonist-the main character or hero

antagonist-a character with the main character or with conflict

fiction-about imaginary things

direct characterization- tells directly what the characters traits are

indirect characterization- gives a description

dynamic character- one character develops or grows during the story

static character- who does not change in the story

novel- a long work of fiction

sensory language - writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses

cliche- a phase that has used so long that its meaning is lost

allusion-a reference in work of literature, music,art



flashback- narration of events before the normal time sequence of the plot

analogy- when one thing is explained in terms of another understatement- when a response is deliberately incomplete

oxymoron- two words that seem to mean the opposite of each other

biography- a persons life written by another person

autobiography- this person wrote this about his or her own life

nonfiction- about real people, events,places,objects,

figurative language- writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally

legend- story some one who did something great

myth- like god and other things

caricature- a drawing of a person in which one feature is exaggerated

anecdote-a brief story about an interesting, amusing,or strange event

genre- a division or type of literature

prose- ordinary form of written language

mood-feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

diction- word choice

denotation- dictionary meaning of a word

connotation- meaning of a word in context of a work

narrative essay- tells a story

descriptive essay- impression about a person,place,thing,or idea

persuasive essay- to gt someone to do something

expository essay-gives info,discusses ideas



satire-using homer to make fun of or change things



dialect- form of language spoken by people in particular region or group

dialogue-conversation between characters

suspense-a feeling of events in a literary work

paradox-something that seems not true but it is really true

rhetorical question- a stupid question

free verse-poetry with a fixed pattern

black verse-no rhyme

soliloquy-one character,on stage, thinking aloud alone

couplet-a pair of rhyming lines usually of the same length and meter

tragedy- something bad to happen in the story

monologue-speech by one character in the play,story,poem



comedy- funny ,play that has a happy ending

foil-a character who is contrasted with another character

aside-a small speech rold by a actor or in a play expressing his/her thoughts

drama- a play performed by actors

repetition-a word used more than needed

parody-making fun of a work



dramatic poetry-poetry that is drama

rhyme scheme-a regular pattern of rhyming in a poem

round character- has all kinds of traits

archetype-original pattern or model

stanza-a group of lines in a poem

narrative poem- a poem that tells a story

epic simile-a long epic poem with lots of lines

lyric- a poem expressing thoughts and feelings

epic- a story with lots of action also has a hero

ballad-a short poem has music mostly on one situation and most about love or death

haiku-a 3 line poem most the about nature



rhythm-a pattern by stressed and unstressed syabables

rhyme- creates a rhythm

assonance-the repetition of vowel sounds

consonance-the repetition of consonants sounds in middle or the end of words

subjective-based on opinions or feelings

objective-based on facts/evidence

chronological order-the order in which something happen