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The character who works against the main character and is usually the source of the conflict.

Antagonist

100

The part of the story where setting, characters, and background information is established.

Exposition

100

"We Real Cool" is an example of this genre of literature.

Poetry

200
From the Greek word for ladder, it is the moment in a story when the conflict or crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is usualy the turning point in the story's action.
Climax
200

Exaggeration or overstatement

Hyperbole

200

The part of the story where conflict escalates. These parts are necessary to bring about the climax.

Rising Action

200

A multi-faceted character; has multiple traits

Round Character

300
A word formed from the first letters in a phrase. For example, RADAR is word that was formed from the phrase “Radio Detection and Ranging.
Acronym
300
The “extra” meaning a word carries beyond its strict dictionary meaning. For example, “home” means the same as “house” but “home” also carries the meaning that certain qualities and personal possessions are also implied.
Connotation
300
The events that follow the climax and help to bring closure or a resolution to the conflict
Falling Action
300

The way an author conveys his/her attitude about particular characters and subject matter.  It is the feeling the author brings to the piece or the attitude the author takes (towards the subject, audience, or character[s].

Tone

400

A character who changes or evolves over the course of the story.

Dynamic Character

400

Use of language that appeals to the senses (sight/visual, hearing/auditory, touch/tactile, taste/gustatory, motion/kinetic, smell/olfactory)

Imagery

400

NAME THE LITERARY TERM: 'Pink is what red looks like when it kicks off its shoes and lets its hair down. …Pink is as laid back as beige, but while beige is dull and bland, pink is laid back with attitude.'

Personification

400

A character who does not change or alter his personality over the course of a story.

Static Character

500

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. For example, in "Famous," the speaker alludes to the Bible when saying that silence "would inherit the earth" (3)

Allusion

500
Example of this literary device: Shirley Jackson's zooming in on stones and Chimanda Adichie's zooming in on Papa's skin to hint at revelations to come.  

Foreshadowing

500

A character with one or a few closely associated traits.

Flat Character

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