YoderAPterms1

54448014	diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words
54448016	tone	The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters
54448017	foil	a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another
54449650	syntax	sentence structure
54449659	objective point of view	the narrator does not enter the mind of any character but describes events from the outside
227717768	hyperbole	exaggeration for, a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
227717769	limited omniscient point of view	narrator focuses on the view of only one character
227717770	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")
227717771	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses
227717772	oxymoron	example: a grand failure
227717773	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end
227717775	deus ex machina	any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot
227717777	in medias res	beginning in the middle of the action (in the middle of things)
227717778	connotation	refers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition
227717779	blank verse	unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
227717780	crisis	an unstable or critical situation in which the outcome will make a decisive difference for better or worse
227717781	omniscient	The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.
298910010	gothic	characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
298910011	closed form	Type of poetry in which the structure is dictated or predetermined.
298910012	euphemism	Ex: In war, "collateral damage" is another way of saying "civilian deaths"