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Personification Giving human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects
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Dialogue Conversation between two or more characters
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Exposition Beginning of the story in which the setting is given and the main characters are introduced
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Epic Long narrative poem centering around a hero and his deeds
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Lyric Poetry which expresses feelings or emotions
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Resolution The final unraveling of the plot; the outcome of the story
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Fiction Writing drawn from the imagination of the author rather than fact
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Understatement Stating something in words less strong than anticipated
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Point of View The angle from which a story is told
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Rising Action Action in the story before the climax
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Poetry Condensed form of language that is more vivid and intense than ordinary prose
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Ballad A narrative poem set to music
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Ode A poem of praise
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Elegy A poem of mourning
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Monologue A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning
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Stereotype A character that appears so often his nature is immediately familiar to reader and audience
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Imagery Words or phrases that create pictures in the mind
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Aside Brief speech in which a character turns from the person he is addressing to speak directly to the audience
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Blank Verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Dynamic Character Character who during the course of a work undergoes a permanent change
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