language arts

a story in which characters,events,and places represent something in real life

repetition of same sound at beginning of a word

brief reference to a person,event,place,or phrase.writer assumes will recognize the reference

statement,which has 2 or more possible meanings.or.statement whose meaning is unclear

similarity between like features of 2 things on which a comparison may be based

repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases,clauses or lines

little story used to explain an idea

character that goes against the main character and tries to stop him/her from achieving their goal

device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech only heard by the audience not the other characters

repetition of vowel sounds

person reading or viewing the story/writing

story of that persons life

• short narrative poem written to be sung with simple dramatic action.
• tells love death and supernatural or combanation of those

sroty of another persons life

unrhymed poem written in iamaib pentameter

• cacophony:unpleasent combination of sounds.
• euphony:opposite,pleasent combination of sounds.
• these effect can be used intentionally to create an effect or they may appear unintentionally

author presents characters

time order

overused phrase

turning point in the story,determines the outcome of the confict

story with happy ending

tell simularities

repeats constants sounds,not vowels

when some person or force in play opposes protagonist

external,internal

emotional response suggestes by a word

differences

stanza of 2 lines,rhyming

dictionary definition of a word

writing that looks like,sounds like,smells like,feels like,with many details

variation of language by one group in one place

authors choice of words

occurrence of a single speaker speaking ot a silent audience

play/story written to be acted out in front of audience

words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than for the characters.reader has greater knowledge then characters

writting attempting to review things from personal point of view

mild word or phrase,subsituting for another,would be undesirable because it too direct,unpleasent,or offensive

drama, presentation of essentail info regarding what has occured prior to the beginning of the play

struggle exists outside of the body

brief tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson.often characters are animals

series of events that take place after the climax

prose narrative based on imagination,usually the novel or short story

words meaning more than individual meanings

states something that is not literally true in order to create an effect

the point of view were a character who is in the story is telling the story

reference to an event that took place prior to the story/play

character opposite in personality to another character who is in the story,ususally same sex and age

hints that something bad will happen

unit of measurement in line of poetry

used to build suspence by provinding hints of what to come

unrhymed poetry wiht lines of varying lengths,containing no specific metrical pattern

literary species or form...tragedy,epic, comedy,novel,essay,biography,lyric poem

japanese poem

metrical pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable

word/group of words in literary work,which appeal to one or more of the senses:sight,taste,touch,hearing,smell