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1st Person Narration
narrator is a character in the work who tells everything in his/her own words
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3rd Person Narration
events are related by a voice outside the action, not by one of the characters
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Alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely placed words
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Allusion
an indirect reference to something an author believes the audience will be familiar
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Aphorism
a brief statement that expresses a general truth or principle about life
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Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
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Conflict
a struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot
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Connotation
the implied meaning of a word; emotion it evokes
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Consonance
repetition of internal consonant sounds in closely placed words
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Denotation
the literal/dictionary definition of a term
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Dramatic Irony
the audience is more aware than the characters
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End Rhyme
rhyming which occurs at the close of a line of poetry
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Figurative Language
language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words
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Flashback
interrupting action of previous event for deeper understanding of current event
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Foreshadowing
use of hints or clues to suggest future events
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Free Verse
poetry that does not have regular patterns of rhyme scheme or meter
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Hyperbole
over-exaggeration
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Imagery
language that evokes any one of the 5 senses
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Internal Rhyme
rhyming within a line of poetry
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Irony
a contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality
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Literal Language
what is said is what is meant; there is no greater meaning implied
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Lyric Poem
a short poem with a single speaker expressing thoughts/feelings intensely
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Metaphor
a stated comparison of two seemingly unlike things
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Mood
the feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader
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Motif
a word, character, or object, image, metaphor, or idea which recurs in a work
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Onomatopoeia
creating or using words that imitate sounds
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Paradox
contradictory truth; opposing ideas
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Personification
a figure of speech when an object, animal, or idea are given human characteristics
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Point of View
the narrative prospective from which events in a story or novel are told
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Protagonist
the main character or hero in a narrative or drama
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Repetition
the recurrence of words, phrase, or lines to achieve a desired effect
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Rhyme
the occurence of a similar or identical sounds at the end of words
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Setting
time and place in literature
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Simile
a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as
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Situational Irony
a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs
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Slant/Near Rhyme
rhyme in which vowel sounds is not identical
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Stanza
unified group of lines in poetry
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Stereotype
an over-simplified image of a person, group, or institution
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Style
the distinctive way in which literature is written; how it is said
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Symbol
a person, place, or object, with concrete meaning & also meaning beyond itself
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Theme
the central idea or ideas the writer wishes to share with the reader
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Tone
a writer's attitude towards subject, character, or audience
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Tragic Hero
a character whose basic goodness & superiority are marred by a flaw & downfall
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Verbal Irony
a contrast between what someone states and what someone means
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Voice
a writer's unique use of language that allows reader to hear human personality
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