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31 Cards in this Set
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alliteration |
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as Wild and Woolly, threatening throngs) |
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Allusion |
an implied or indirect reference especially in literature |
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indirect characterization |
a character is revealed through the characters speech, actions, appearance, Etc. |
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direct characterization |
tells the audience with the personality of a character is |
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climax |
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something |
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conflict |
problem |
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couplet |
two lines of a verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. |
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denouement |
the final part of the play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together |
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dialogue |
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie |
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exposition |
is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers |
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foreshadow |
to show before hand |
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imagery |
visually descriptive |
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inciting incident |
plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story |
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metaphor |
direct comparison of two unlike things |
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monologue |
a long speech by one actor in a play or movie |
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Mood |
feeling the reader gets |
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motif |
a distinctive feature or dominant idea |
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narrator |
person telling the story |
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Onomatopoeia |
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
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oxymoron |
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
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Parable |
a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson As Told by Jesus In the Gospels |
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personification |
giving human qualities to non-living thing |
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repetition |
repeating of the same word or phrase |
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resolution |
the part of a story's plot Line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out |
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rising action |
a series of events build toward the point of greatest Interest |
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setting |
time and place of the story |
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simile |
comparison using like or as |
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soliloquy |
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud |
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speaker |
in poetry, the speaker is the voice behind the poem |
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Tone |
is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience |
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theme |
central idea |
