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Antagonist
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The character who stands in direct opposition to or in conflict with the central character
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Cacophony
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Harsh, clashing, or dissonant sounds, often produced by a combination of words that require a clipped, explosive delivery
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Character Foil
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A character who, by contrast, points up the qualities or characteristics of another character.
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Connotation
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The associations, images, or impressions carried by a word ex. mother suggests warmth, love, secutiry
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Couplet
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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and that are written in the same meter, or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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Denotation
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the percise, literal meaning of a word, without emotional associations or overtones
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Free Verse
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Poetry that does not follow a regular metrical pattern or rhyme scheme.
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words whose sound imitates the sound of the thing being names ex. hum, buzz, clang boom
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