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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
20 fi ti
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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
39 Verbal Irony
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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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