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100
a major character who opposes the main character in a story or play.
What is ANTAGONIST?
100
the way the author reveals a person in a story or play.
What is INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
100
when the narrator refers to himself as "I"
What is FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
100
the use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
100
giving non living things human characteristics.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
The repetition of the first constants in a group of words.
What is Alliteration?
200
the point at which the action in a story or play reaches its emotional peak.
What is CLIMAX?
200
a long poem narrating the adventures of a heroic figure.
What is EPIC?
200
a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is METAPHOR?
200
the main character of a novel, play, or story.
What is PROTAGONIST?
300
a reference to something, someone, often literary.
What is ALLUSION?
300
when you explain why things are alike
What is to COMPARE?
300
a story that illustrates a moral, often using animals as the character.
What is FABLE?
300
a long speech by one character in a play or story (that everyone is suppose to hear)
What is MONOLOGUE?
300
the action of the story that summarizes the plan of the main story.
What is PLOT?
400
the overall feeling of a work related to tone and mood.
What is ATMOSPHERE?
400
the element that creates a plot, internal or external
What is CONFLICT?
400
a technique in which the author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.
What is FORESHADOWING?
400
a legend that embodies the belief of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena.
What is MYTH?
400
a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is SIMILE?
500
a story in which the characters represent abstract qualities or ideas.
What is ALLEGORY?
500
to explain the difference between things
What is CONTRAST?
500
language that does not mean exactly what it is says.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
500
a phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words
What is OXYMORON?
500
a question not meant to be answered.
What is RHETORICAL QUESTION?
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