4889880110 | allusion | enables writers to simplify complex ideas example: "you are no Einstein" | 0 | |
4889882201 | dialect | a language distinguished by grammar, punctuation, etc. example: we's safe, Huck, we's safe ! Jump up and crack yo' heels" | 1 | |
4889882202 | connotation | emotional associations connected with a word example: dog: companion, family member, threat, guard | 2 | |
4889885495 | denotation | a literal meaning of a word example: | 3 | |
4889886981 | symbolism | A thing that represents something else. Usually something physical that represents something more abstract. | 4 | |
4889890759 | alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds | 5 | |
4889892518 | theme | The central idea of a work of literature. | 6 | |
8486993694 | exposition | First part of a short story Introduces the character, setting, and plot | 7 | |
8486997126 | protagonist | Main ch Ch who pushes the plot forward Not always the good guy | 8 | |
8486998942 | antagonist | Ch who goes against the prot Ch who gets in the prot way | 9 | |
8487003147 | plot | what the story is about | 10 | |
8487004311 | setting | when and where the story | 11 | |
8487006777 | rising action | Second part of a short story This is where the plot develops and Conflict occurs | 12 | |
8487009182 | conflict | problems | 13 | |
8487011841 | internal conflict | Conflict inside a ch own heart and mind. | 14 | |
8487014081 | external conflict | Conflict outside the ch with someone else or something else Getting into a fight or argument Being trapped in a snowstorm or a flood | 15 | |
8487016952 | climax | Third part of a short story Highest point Conflict is resolved (not necessarily solved, but resolved). ALWAYS OCCURS AT THE END OF A STORY | 16 | |
8487020301 | falling action | Fourth part of a short story Events that take place after the climax and before the resolution. NOT all stories have FA | 17 | |
8487021748 | resolution | Fifth part of a short story The end | 18 | |
8487023809 | characterization | The process of creating and developing a ch | 19 | |
8487031015 | dynamic character | Ch changes thru the story *dynamite | 20 | |
8487031016 | static character | Ch who stays the same | 21 | |
8487032907 | round character | Ch has many personality traits We know a lot about them | 22 | |
8487032908 | flat character | Ch with only a few personality traits Although they are imp to the story, we know little about them | 23 | |
8487035676 | figurative language | Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 24 | |
8487037253 | simile | Comparing two UNLIKE things using like or as | 25 | |
8487049365 | metaphor | Comparing two UNLIKE things without using like or as. Turning one thing into something else. | 26 | |
8487049366 | extended metaphor | Using a metaphor that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 27 | |
8487050562 | personificacion | Giving human qualities to something non-human. | 28 | |
8487050563 | hyperbole | Exaggeration. | 29 | |
8487063443 | anaphora | The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences or phrases. | 30 | |
8487063444 | alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds | 31 | |
8487070336 | consonance | The repetition of interior or final consonant sounds. | 32 | |
8487070337 | assonance | The repetition of identical vowel sounds | 33 | |
8487077057 | oxymoron | Two opposite words put together to create a contradiction | 34 | |
8487077058 | paradox | Two opposing ideas in a phrase or sentence but each holds truth. | 35 | |
8487092159 | antithesis | Two opposing ideas in a work | 36 | |
8487092160 | asyndeton | The omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. | 37 | |
8487098414 | polysendeton | Conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed. | 38 | |
8487098415 | theme | The central idea of a work of literature. | 39 | |
8487105581 | symbol | A thing that represents something else. | 40 | |
8487677355 | aside | a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard | 41 | |
8487681359 | soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself | 42 | |
8487685522 | dramatic monologue | type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character | 43 | |
8487694048 | CLIMAX | THIRD PART OF A STORY | 44 | |
8487696902 | FALLING ACTION | FOURTH PART OF A STORY | 45 | |
8487700311 | RESOLUTION | FIFTH PART OF A STORY | 46 |
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