Kelly Vocab

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.