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antagonist

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Character that is a source of conflict. (The opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist.)

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alliteration

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repetition of the initial consonant sound of words ex. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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stock epithets

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descriptive words or phrases that are used repeatedly to describe a character IE. Paris as magnificent as the gods, Achilles the matchless runner.

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plot

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The sequence of events in a literary work

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metaphor

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The comparison between two different things without using the words "like" or "as." ex: She is a brick house.

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figurative language

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language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar(not like itself): simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, and symbols are figurative language

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climax

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The turning point in a literary work. (The point in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and is then resolved.)

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irony

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the difference between reality and perception

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situational irony

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when there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs (When something happens that is the reverse of what you expected.)

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onomatopoeia

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use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning: hiss

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simile

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the direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually USING "like" or "as" ex. I wondered lonely as a cloud.

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implied metaphor

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a comparison between dissimilar object WITHOUT directly stated the two things to be compared ex. She is solid and concrete.

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setting

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the time and place of a literary work (story)

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repetition

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repetition is often used by a writer to emphasize a point or to draw attention to a point of view

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extended metaphor

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makes a comparison that lasts more than one line or sentence Ex. She is a brick house; she is mightly mightly, she is sold and concrete, someone to trust.

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personification

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figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics. (ex: The flowers held their heads sadly toward the ground after the heavy rain.)

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imagery

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language that appeals to the five senses

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dramatic irony

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when the reader or audience knows something a character does not

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verbal irony

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When a speaker says one thing but means the opposite. (When the name or description of something implies the opposite of the truth. For example: calling a very tall person "Tiny.")

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allusion

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a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work

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theme

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The underlying main idea of a literary work (A story's main message or moral.)

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diction

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word choice to create a specific effect

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protagonist

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the character that is trying to solve the problem of the story

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