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100

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words next to or close to one another.

alliteration

100

a sudden realization

epiphany

100

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

Analogy

100

conflict of one person against another

Man vs. Man

100

character fights with aliens or gods or any other worldly being

Man vs. Fate/Supernatural

200

A reference to a literary or historical figure within a text.

allusion

200

Events which hint at things to come.

foreshadowing

200

a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Flashback

200

where the character's main problems exist within him or her self

Man vs. Self

200

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Soliloquy

300

The force that opposes the main character.

antagonist

300

An extreme exaggeration that the author uses for emphasis.

hyperbole

300

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Pun


300

A character has a conflict or problem with some element of society - the school, the law, etc.



Man vs. Society

300

A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group.

Monologue

400

How the author makes the character seem real.

characterization

400

Representation of words to describe a vivid sensory experience.

imagery

400

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Oxymoron

400

where a character or characters have to fight against the forces of nature

Man vs. Nature

400

a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

Aside

500

The narrator is considered to be "all knowing" and can see/hear everything in the story and can tell the reader what each character are thinking and feeling

3rd person omniscient point of view

500

A character who acts as a contrast to another character

foil


500

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

iambic pentameter

500

Technology, progress, computers, machine taking from man

Man vs. Machine

500

Central idea of a work of literature

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