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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

Ex. An angry alligator ate apples

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds with different vowel sounds

Ex. We rush into a rain that rattles double glass

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Allusion

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Reference of one literary work or event or figure to another

Ex. Cupid in R&J

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Antagonist

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Counter part to main characters source of source of story’s conflict

Ex. Tybalt

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Character

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The people who take part in a story

Ex. Romeo and Juliet

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Static Character

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Character that doesn’t change throughout the story

Ex. General in TMDG

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Dynamic Character

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Character changes throughout the story

Ex. Rainsford in TMDG

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Direct Characterization

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The author directly tells the reader a character’s personality or background

Ex. Romeo felt upset about being separated from Juliet

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Indirect Characterization

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The author indirectly tells the reader the character’s personality or background

Ex. Romeo locks himself in his room crying about Juliet

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Man vs. Man

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Character vs. Character

Ex. Tybalt vs. Mercutio

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Man vs. Nature

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Character vs. Weather/Trees

Ex. U.S. vs. hurricane

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Man vs. Self

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Character vs. himself

Ex. Romeo vs. Romeo

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Man vs. Technology

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Character vs. machine/technology

Ex. School vs. wifi

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Connotation

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A word’s emotional content

Ex. “Mending Wall” =separation

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Denotation

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A word’s dictionary definition

Ex. Genre is a literary type

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Dialogue

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Characters speak to one another

Ex. “Hi.” “Hi.”

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Diction

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The author’s choice of words

Ex. Thou art shall weep

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Foreshadowing

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Where future events in a story are suggested by the author before it happens.

Ex. I might die…

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Genre

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A literary type or form

Ex. Nonfiction

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated description to imply a positive or negative tone

Ex. I could eat a horse

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Situational Irony

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The surprise recognition by the audience of a reality in contrast with expectation or appearance

Ex. The Most Dangerous Game

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds

Ex. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

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Verbal Irony

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The author’s meaning or attitude differs from what he says

Ex. “The Most Dangerous Game”

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Dramatic Irony

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The audience knows something that the characters don’t

Ex. We know Juliet didn’t really die but Romeo didn’t

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Imagery

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Language that describes something in detail to create a sensory feeling

Ex. Colorful sky

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Metaphor

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Comparison without using like or as

Ex. Juliet is the sun

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Mood

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The feeling the reader gets from the story

Ex. Mood of R&J is depressing

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Onomatopoeia

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Sounds described as words

Ex. BOOM! CRASH!

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Oxymoron

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Contradiction in terms

Ex. “Loving hate” “cold fire”

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Personification

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No living objects given human characteristics

Ex. That tree slapped me

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Exposition

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Beginning, characters and background introduced

Ex. Capulet and Montague boys fight scene

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Inciting incident

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Point in story that introduces conflict

Ex. Romeo falls in love with Juliet

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Rising Action

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Events leading up to the main point of the story

Ex. Romeo is banished, Juliet is going to have an arranged marriage

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Climax

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Turning point in a story

Ex. R&J kill themselves

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Falling Action

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Event following the climax

Ex. Everyone realizes what has happened because of the feud

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Resolution/Denouement

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Conflict is solved, story ends

Ex. Capulet and Montague become friends

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First Person

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Story told using “I” and “me”

Ex. I’m going to sleep.

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Second Person

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Story told using “You”

Ex. You should go to sleep

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3rd Person Objective

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Narrator uses “He” and “she”
Doesn’t know any characters’ thoughts and feelings

Ex. He will go to sleep.

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3rd Person Limited

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Narrator uses “he” and “she”
Only knows one character’s thoughts and feelings

Ex. He thinks about about true love and wonder what she thinks about it

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3rd Person Omniscient

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Narrator uses “he” and “she”
Knows all the characters thoughts and feelings

Ex. He wants true love, so does she, sadly they both know the penalty

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Protagonist

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Main character, usually hero

Ex. Romeo Montague

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Pun

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A play on words

Ex. I’m a baker because I knead the dough

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Repetition

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Words are repeated

Ex. She’s dead, she’s dead, dead, dead, dead.

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Rhyme

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A pattern of repeated sounds

Ex. Heart, part

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Setting

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The time and place where a story takes place.

Ex. R&J takes place in Verona

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

Ex. Bright as the sun

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Symbolism

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Using objects to represent ideas

Ex. Heart to represent love

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Tone

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Author of the attitude

Ex. Tone of R&J is tragic

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Theme

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Underlining message or idea of the story

Ex. True love in R&J

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Caesura

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Breaks in a line of poetry

Ex. Two households, both alike in dignity or //

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Couplet

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A stanza of two lines

Ex. Love is tragic
But love is magic

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End Rhyme

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Rhyme at the end of a line of poetry

Ex. …..life,
…….strife,

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Internal Rhyme

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Rhyme occurs in the middle of a line of poetry, not at the end

Ex. …sound….,
……..ground….,

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Inversion

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Words out of order

Ex. “Something there is that loves a wall”

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Blank verse

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No rhyming poem

Ex. Once upon a time,
There were two families.

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Soliloquy

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A character speaking alone

Ex. J says I love Romeo so much!!

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Quatrain

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A stanza of 4 lines

Ex. The first 4 lines of R&J Prologue

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Refrain

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Phrase or verse that reoccurs at intervals in a song/poem, chorus of song

Ex. Edgar Allen Poe’s “Nevermore”

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Rhyme scheme

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Pattern of rhymes in a poem

Ex. Ababcdcdefefgg

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Sibilance

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Type of alliteration using words that start with s or z

Ex. Sizzling steaks sell swiftly

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Slant Rhyme

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Rhyme where stressed vowels/consonants are the same

Ex. Love and move

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Stanza

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A major subdivision in a poem

Ex. Dreams are good,

Dreams are bad

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Apostrophe

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Abstract idea in poetry or abstract person, idea or thing

Ex. Poem about passed away grandma, about love or death

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Aside

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When a character talks to himself or where no one can hear

Ex. “Should I listen more or speak now?”

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Conceit

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Extended metaphor

Ex. “O Captain, My Captain”

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Conflict

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The problem in a story

Ex. Romeo’s a Montague. Julie’s a Capulet.

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Dialogue

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Characters talk to each other

Ex. “Hi How are you?” “Good, how are you?”

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Epithet

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Descriptive phrase or name

Ex. Hector from Scarlet Ibis, helmet-flashing went to war

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Foil

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Contrasting character to emphasize the other character because of opposite personalities

Ex. Tybalt and Benvolio

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Inference

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Judgement based on reasoning rather than factual evidence

Ex. True love must be a sacrifice

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Juxtaposition

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Two contrasting things to emphasize the other

Ex. Tybalt and Benvolio (super angry and super peaceful)

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Malapropism

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False word used for comedic effect

Ex. Nurse says, “I desire a confidence with you.”

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Metonymy

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A whole representing a part

Ex. “Rooting for Texas” UT football

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Monologue

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Character speaking in front of other characters

Ex. Queen Mab speech

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Motif

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Reoccurring important idea

Ex. R&J intense emotions

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Paradox

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Contradicting situation

Ex. Friar confessing his part in R&J, in danger and excusing himself

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Parallelism

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Two subjects related in different contexts

Ex. Icarus in Bastille, Painting, Myth

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Synecdoche

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Part of something represents a whole

Ex. “What tongue so early saluteth me?”
Tongue representing person
White House=government

80
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Tragic Hero

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Hero that falls/dies

Ex. Romeo

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Tragic Flaw

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The hero’s mistakes

Ex. Romeo was too emotional/in love

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Understatement

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Statement that makes something less important that it is

Ex. R&J was just a regular love story

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