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| 126139931 | Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like what they mean. EX: Bark | |
| 126139932 | Personification | A form of a metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things. EX: The sun glared down at me from the sky. | |
| 126139933 | Prologue | The opening speech or dialogue of a play | |
| 126139934 | Reversal | The point in a story when the hero's fortunes turn in an unexpected direction. | |
| 126139935 | Soliloquy | A character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience. | |
| 126139936 | Hyperbole | A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true. EX: He ate everything in the house. | |
| 126139937 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words. EX: luscious lemoms | |
| 126139938 | Anagram | A word or phrase made from the letters of another word or phrase. EX: heart->earth | |
| 126139939 | Colloquial | Conversational language/slang | |
| 126139940 | Cliche | An idea or expression that has become tired and trite from overuse. | |
| 126139941 | Apostrophe | An address, either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend. | |
| 126139942 | Anti-hero | A hero who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. | |
| 126139943 | Cacophony | Language that is difficult to pronounce. Much like a tongue twister. | |
| 126139944 | Canon | Works titled as the most important to read and study. The masterpieces of literature. | |
| 126139945 | Connotation | The feelings or emotions surrounding a word. | |
| 126139946 | Denotation | The dictionary meaning of a word. | |
| 126139947 | Diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words. | |
| 126139948 | Satire | the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions | |
| 126139949 | Syntax | Sentence structure. | |
| 126139950 | Subplot | A secondary action of a story that reinforces or contrasts the main plot. | |
| 126139951 | Simile | a comparison using like or as | |
| 126139952 | Hubris | Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the hero. | |
| 126139953 | Resolution | End of the story where loose ends are tied up. | |
| 126139954 | Comic Relief | A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood. | |
| 126139955 | Farce | A play or story filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings. |
