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2.  The repetition of initial consonant sounds

3.  A reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing.

4.  The repetition of a word or clause at the end of one sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next successive sentence.

5.  The repetition of a word or clause at the beginning of successive sentences.

6.  The character opposing the protagonist; can be a person, idea, or force.

7.  Using opposite phrases in close conjunction – especially within a sentence.

8.  The act of addressing something – idea or personification of an idea that is not physically present.

9.  A type of character, action, or situation that occurs over and over in literature; a pattern or example that occurs in literature and life.

10.  Repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds

11.  When a character has a problem with another character

12.  Character vs. Fate  When a character has a problem with something he can’t do anything about, such as God, luck, death, etc.

13.  When a character has a problem with a force of nature, such as cold, storms, earthquakes, etc.

14.  When a character must make a decision about a problem or struggle he is having within himself.

15.  When a character has a problem with a tradition or rule of society.

16.  The methods used by an author to create a character, including:  The character’s physical appearance  The characters own speech, thoughts, actions, and or feelings  Other characters’ feelings, actions, thoughts, or speech toward the character  Direct comments by the author about the character

17.  The most critical moment in the story; the point at which the main conflict is at its highest; that is, the point of no return.

18.  A struggle between two opposing forces

19.  The emotions or associations a word normally arouses in people using, hearing, or reading the word. The feeling may be positive, negative, or neutral.

20.  The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowel sounds.

21.  The specific dictionary definition of a word.

22.  Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work.

23.  Any literary technique used to achieve a specific effect.

24.  The language of a particular district, class, or group of persons. It encompasses the sounds, spelling, grammar and diction used by a specific group of people as different from other people either geographically or socially.

25.  Word choice. An author chooses words to create a specific effect. It is the appropriateness of the words with regard to the emotions and or ideas associated with them.

26.  A character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story.

27.  The repetition of a word or clause at the beginning and end of the same sentence.

28.  An event in which the essential nature of something, a person, a situation, an object, is suddenly realized in a new way; a sudden realization; an “a-ha” moment.

29.  The repetition of a word of clause at the end of successive sentences.

30.  The substitution of an agreeable expression to replace one that is offensive.

31.  The author lays the groundwork for the story by revealing the:  -Setting  -Relationships between the characters  -Situation as it exists before the conflict begins

32.  Events that occur after the climax and lead up to closure and conclusion of the story.

33.  Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else. They always involve some sort of imaginary comparison between seemingly unlike things; not meant to be taken literally.

34.  An action that interrupts the plot to show an event that occurred at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding.

35.  The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

36.  A deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration; may be used for either serious or comic effect.

37.  A combination of one unstressed, and one stressed syllable in the following pattern [ U / ]

38.  An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal.

39.  The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses (sight, sounds, smell, taste, and touch).

40.  Interrupts the peace and balance of the situation and one or more of the characters come into conflict with an outside force, himself, or another character.

41.  A contrast between appearance and reality. It is usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems; when one thing is expected to happen or be, and the exact opposite occurs.

42.  Three (or more) details in a series used for emphasis or to create a specific effect.

43.  A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT the use of LIKE or AS.

44.  Measure of rhythm in a poem.

45.  The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

46.  A recurrent element in a literary work. A pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism within a work of literature.

47.  A reason that explains a character’s thoughts, feelings, actions, or behavior.

48.  A word that imitates the sound it represents.

49.  A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression.

50.  When elements of a statement contradict each other; may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, but turns out to reveal a hidden truth.

51.  Writing that gives nonhuman subjects human characteristics.

52.  The perspective from which a story is told.  1st Person – use of pronoun ‘I,’ ‘me,’ ‘we,’ ‘us,’ ‘my’  Third Person Limited- told from the perspective of one character only.  Third Person Omniscient – told from the perspective of more than one character.

53.  The central character and focus of interest that tries to accomplish or overcome an adversity, and has the ability to adapt to new circumstances.

54.  A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply different meanings. Puns can have serious as well as humorous uses.

55.  A stanza or line that is repeated within a poem.

56.  A device in which words, sounds, and or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis.

57.  The problem set up in the inciting incident is unraveled; there is a revelation of meaning.

58.  A pattern of words that contain similar sounds.

59.  The movement with uniform occurrence of a beat or accent.

60.  The action and events that take place in the story and build up to the critical moment when the main conflict is confronted.

61.  The time and place of a literary work.

62.  A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words LIKE or AS OR THAN.

63.  A paragraph in a poem.

64.  A character that does not grow or change throughout the story.

65.  The quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.

66.  The use of any object, person, place, or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value.

67.  A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. A lesson about life or people.

68.  The writer’s attitude toward his or her subject. It can often be described by a single adjective.

69.  A combination of one stressed, and one unstressed syllable in the following pattern [ / U]