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| 8417847928 | Characterization | The act of creating and developing a character | 0 | |
| 8417847929 | Plot | Sequence of events in a story | 1 | |
| 8417847930 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 2 | |
| 8417847931 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 3 | |
| 8417847932 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 4 | |
| 8417847933 | Theme | The central idea of a work | 5 | |
| 8417847934 | limited point of view | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | 6 | |
| 8417847935 | first person point of view | The story being told by the narrator and They use I | 7 | |
| 8417847936 | third person point of view | someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she see it unfold. | 8 | |
| 8417847937 | omniscient point of view | the narrator is capable of knowing, telling, and seeing all | 9 | |
| 8417847938 | Rhetoric | The act of persuasion | 10 | |
| 8417847939 | rhetorical triangle | author, audience, purpose | 11 | |
| 8417847940 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 12 | |
| 8417847941 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 13 | |
| 8417847942 | Ethos | establishes credibility in the speaker. | 14 | |
| 8417847943 | context | writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs | 15 | |
| 8417847944 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 16 | |
| 8417847945 | Speaker | The person who creates a text | 17 | |
| 8417847946 | audience | the intended reader of a piece | 18 | |
| 8417847947 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 19 | |
| 8417847948 | Allegory | The device of using elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 20 | |
| 8417847949 | Allusion | an indirect reference | 21 | |
| 8417847950 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 22 | |
| 8417847951 | Caricature | An exaggerated portrayal of one's features | 23 | |
| 8417847952 | Clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. | 24 | |
| 8417847953 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 25 | |
| 8417847954 | Conceit | An extended metaphor | 26 | |
| 8417847955 | Diction | Word choice | 27 | |
| 8417847956 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally | 28 | |
| 8417847957 | figure of speech | a device used to produce figurative language | 29 | |
| 8417847958 | generic conventions | describes traditions for each genre | 30 | |
| 8417847959 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 31 | |
| 8417847960 | Homily | A sermon | 32 | |
| 8417847961 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 33 | |
| 8417847962 | Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses | 34 | |
| 8417847963 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 35 | |
| 8417847964 | Metaphor | Comparison not using like or as | 36 | |
| 8417847965 | Narrative | A story | 37 | |
| 8417847966 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | 38 | |
| 8417847967 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another | 39 | |
| 8417847968 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 40 | |
| 8417847969 | Prose | Any writing that is not poetry | 41 | |
| 8417847970 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 42 | |
| 8417847971 | rhetorical mode | exposition, description, narration, argumentation; the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 43 | |
| 8417847972 | Rhetorical question | A question that is not meant to be answered | 44 | |
| 8417847973 | sarcasm | bitter language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 45 | |
| 8417847974 | Satire | A work that targets human vices | 46 | |
| 8417847975 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 47 | |
| 8417847976 | style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 48 | |
| 8417847977 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 49 | |
| 8417847978 | Thesis | sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's meaning and purpose | 50 | |
| 8417847979 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 51 | |
| 8417847980 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 52 | |
| 8417847981 | Willy Loman | 63 years old, a traveling salesman and has flashbacks. Through the flashbacks the audience becomes familiar with the salesman's philosophy. His life is full of disappointment. | 53 | |
| 8417847982 | Biff Loman | the oldest son, he's the star athlete in high school and Willie's pride for his friends and female companions. He became a failure and a kleptomaniac (steals compulsively) | 54 | |
| 8417847983 | Happy Loman | the younger son, overcompensates because he has always played second-fiddle to his brother. Aggressive in business and with females. He's a compulsive liar. Lacks strong moral foundation within his job and his relationships. | 55 | |
| 8417847984 | Charley | Willie's Foil. He is the next door neighbor. His success contrast Willie's failures. Willie's only friend. Willie is jealous of his success. He's a good friend. | 56 | |
| 8417847985 | Bernard | Charley's son. He's the Foil of the boys. He's a successful lawyer. He was a nerd and was mocked. But he ultimately became successful. | 57 | |
| 8417847986 | Ben | Willy's wealthy older brother | 58 | |
| 8428437205 | Dave Singleman | He lived to be an 84 year old salesman, Willy's role model | 59 | |
| 8428437206 | Linda Loman | Willy's wife; never is truthful with Willy. | 60 | |
| 8428437207 | Howard Wagner | Willy's boss, younger than Willy. His father was Willie's boss. Generation gap causes conflict and change. | 61 |
