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Personification Giving human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects.

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1 Personification Giving human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects

2 Dialogue Conversation between two or more characters

3 Exposition Beginning of the story in which the setting is given and the main characters are introduced

4 Epic Long narrative poem centering around a hero and his deeds

5 Lyric Poetry which expresses feelings or emotions

6 Resolution The final unraveling of the plot; the outcome of the story

7 Fiction Writing drawn from the imagination of the author rather than fact

8 Understatement Stating something in words less strong than anticipated

9 Point of View The angle from which a story is told

10 Rising Action Action in the story before the climax

11 Poetry Condensed form of language that is more vivid and intense than ordinary prose

12 Ballad A narrative poem set to music

13 Ode A poem of praise

14 Elegy A poem of mourning

15 Monologue A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning

16 Stereotype A character that appears so often his nature is immediately familiar to reader and audience

17 Imagery Words or phrases that create pictures in the mind

18 Aside Brief speech in which a character turns from the person he is addressing to speak directly to the audience

19 Blank Verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter

20 Dynamic Character Character who during the course of a work undergoes a permanent change


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