English Terms
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Plot of A Story
English writing
100
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is metaphor
100
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
What is ode
100
an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does
What is situational irony
100
the turing point in the story
What is Climax
100
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What is Pargraph
200
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
What is simile
200
expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
What is Lyric
200
which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
What is verbal irony
200
how the story is solved
What is resolvtion
200
What the story is about
What isTtile
300
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification
300
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration
300
a plot device in which the audience's or reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters. The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning for the audience or reader than they have for the play's characters.
What is dramatic irony
300
events that led up to the climax
What is rising action
300
summary is the main idea
What is Summary
400
visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work.
What is imagery
400
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.
What is ballad
400
expressing ideas indirectly; language used in a special way to create a special effect made up of words and phrases which don’t mean what they first appear to mean
What is figurative language
400
events after he climax
What is falling action
500
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is irony
500
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
What is elegy
500
the moral lesson of the story
What is theme
500
introduces charatchers
What is exposition
500
state the thesis statment
What is Intrudtion
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