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1. Plot

Term Definition: A plan or

theme of a story.

A Literary Example: Romeroruns away with Juliet.


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2. Setting Term Definition: The place or

type of surrounding wheresomething is position orwhere an event takes

place. A Literary Example: And

every day the boy would

come and he would gatherher leaves and make theminto crowns and play kingof the forest the givingtree.


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3. Point of View Term Definition: The position

of the narrator in relation tothe story, as indicated by thenarrators outlook from

which the events aredepicted and by the attitudetoward the characters.

A literary term: I dont chooseto go there


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4. Characterization Term definition: The creation

and convincingrepresentation of fictitiouscharacters.

Literary quote : "O, she dothteach the torches to burnbright! / It seems she hangs

upon the cheek of night /Like a rich jewel in anEthiopia's ear; / Beauty toorich for use, for earth toodear!" Romero and Juliet


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5. Theme Definition: A subject or topic

that stays the samethroughout the whole story.

Literary ex: The story "The

Boy Who Cried Wolf"portrays the author's opinionabout honesty


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6. Alliteration Definition: the

commencement of two ormore words of a word groupwith the same letter, as in

apt alliteration's artful aid. Literary example: Rabbits

Running over rose.


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7. AllusionDefinition: an expression

designed to call something tomind without mentioning itexplicitly.

an allusion to Shakespeare |a classical allusion.


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8. Analogy Definition: A similarity

between like features of twothings , on which acomparison may be based.

Literary term: Glove is to handas monitor is to computer.


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9. Antagonist Definition: -the adversary of

the hero or protagonist of adrama or other literary work

Literary example: logo is the

antagonist of Othello


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10.Aside Definition: on or to one side;

to or at a short distanceapart; away from someposition or direction: to turn

aside; to move the chairaside.

Literary example: He pushed

aside the chair.


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11. Blank VerseUnrhymed verse, esp. the

unrhymed iambic pentametermost frequently used inEnglish dramatic, epic, and

reflective verse.


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13. Climax the highest or most intense

point in the development orresolution of something;culmination: His career

reached its climax when hewas elected president.

Literary Example :In Cry the

beloved country whenKumalo found out his sondied.


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13. Comic relief

Definition: an amusing scene,

incident, or speechintroduced into serious ortragic elements, as in a play,

in order to providetemporary relief fromtension, or to intensify thedramatic action.

Literary example: An examplewould be Ronald Weakly, inthe harry Potter series. He is

Hurry's sidekick. And is very


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14. Conflict Term Definition-A problem or

big action in a story

A Literary Example- cry thebeloved country Absalom is

arrested for murder.


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15. couplet Term Definition-a verse joined

by rhythm

A Literary Example-Greeneggs and ham I do not like

them in a box.I do not likethem with a fox.I do not likethem in a house.I do not like

them with a mouse.I do notlike them here or there.I donot like them anywhere.I donot like green eggs and ham.

I do not like them, Sam I am.


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17. Dramatic Irony Term Definition-to expree the

way you feel in a dramaticway

A Literary Example-to play in a

band or sing music

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18. Dramaticstructure

Term Definition- the structure

of a dramatic moment

A Literary Example-the conflictbuilds up to the structure of

the dramatic moment.


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19. epithet Term Definition- the charistics

of a person

A Literary Example-the waythe person acts in the writing

or movie

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20. figurativelanguage

Term Definition- a way of

putting something to meansomething else

A Literary Example-I like

searching for mines.


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21. foreshadowing Term Definition- a warning or

indication

A Literary Example-like in youcar if your not warning your

seat belt there will be


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22. Foil Term Definition- to give away

or spoil

A Literary Example-like whenyour in a movie and your

friend tells you whats goingto happen


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23. Imagery Term Definition- a visual

dissipation

A Literary Example-somethingthats not the way it looks


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24. Irony Term Definition-the expression

of ones meaning

A Literary Example-the waysome thing looks


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25. meter Term Definition-a way of

determent

A Literary Example-the wayyou measure in florin areas


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26. metaphor Term Definition- a figure of

speech that applies to anobject or thing

A Literary Example-the way

you can speak in stories


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27. Monologue -a long speech by one actor in

a play or movie, or as part ofa theatrical or broadcastprogram.

-the play oscillates betweenthird-person narration andmonologue.


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28. Oxymoron -a figure of speech in which

apparently contradictoryterms appear in conjunction

- faith unfaithful kept him

falsely true


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29. Personification -the attribution of a personal

nature or humancharacteristics to somethingnonhuman, or the

representation of an abstractquality in human form.

-the design on the franc shows

Marianne, the personificationof the French republic.


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30. Protagonist -the leading character or one

of the major characters in adrama, movie, novel, orother fictional text.

-the main protagonists wereGreat Britain and France.


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31. Pun -a joke exploiting the different

possible meanings of a wordor the fact that there arewords that sound alike but

have different meanings -the pigs were a squeal


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32. . Rhyme Scheme -the ordered pattern of rhymes

at the ends of the lines of apoem or verse.

-Whose woods these are I

think I know - a His house is in the village

though - a

He will not see me stoppinghere - b

To watch his woods fill up with

snow -a


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33. Simile -a figure of speech involving

the comparison of one thingwith another thing of adifferent kind, used to make

a description more emphaticor vivid

-as brave as a lion, crazy like a

fox


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34. Situational Irony -An event occurs that directly contradicts

the expectations of the characters, thereader, or the audience.

- WhenJohn Hinckley attempted to assassinate, all of his shots initially missed thePresident; however, a bullet ricochetedoff the bullet-proof Presidentiallimousine and struck Reagan in thechest. Thus, a vehicle made to protect

the President from gunfire waspartially responsible for his being shot

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35. Soliloquy -an act of speaking one's

thoughts aloud when byoneself or regardless of anyhearers

-she speaks! oh, speak again, bright

angel

Romeo and Juliet


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36. Sonnet -a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of

formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having

ten syllables per line. -When I consider how my light is spent (a)

Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, (b)And that one talent which is death to hide, (b)Lodged with me useless, though my soul more

bent (a)

To serve therewith my Maker, and present (a)My true account, lest he returning chide; (b)"Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" (b)I fondly ask; but Patience to prevent (a)

That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need (c)Either man's work or his own gifts; who best (d)

Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state(e)Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed (c)And post o'er land and ocean without rest; (d)They also serve who only stand and wait." (e)

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37. Symbol -a thing that represents or

stands for something else,esp. a material objectrepresenting something

abstract -the limousine was another

symbol of his wealth and

authority


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38. Tragedy -an event causing great

suffering, destruction, anddistress, such as a seriousaccident, crime, or natural

catastrophe -a tragedy that killed 95

people

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39. Verbal Irony

-a figure of speech in which

what is said is the oppositeof what is meant

-as clear as mud

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