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Central Idea of a work of literature
What is theme
100
Main character in a fiction or drama.
What is Protagonist
100
The time and place of a story or play
What is setting
100
A character in conflict with the main character
What is antagonist
100
The person telling the story
What is the narrator
200
The use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
200
reference to a historical event,well-known place, person or thing
What is Allusion
200
The person telling the story knows everything about the characters and their problems
What is third person omniscient
200
the story is told through me and I am a character in the story
What is first person point of view
200
language that appeals to the senses
What is Imagery
300
background information that introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation
What is exposition
300
contrast between what is expected and what really happens
What is irony
300
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot
What is foreshadowing
300
A character who changes as a result of the story's events
What is dynamic character
300
Expression that is characteristic of a language, region, community, or class of people
What is Idiom
400
a character with many traits,some may contradict each other
What is round character
400
When a character struggles with an outside force
What is external conflict
400
a comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as
What is simile
400
Long story told in elevated language about the deeds of a great hero who embodies the values of a particular society
What is epic
400
A character who does not change much in a story
What is static character
500
comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
What is metaphor
500
Figure of speech in which the words seem to contradict each other
What is Oxymoron
500
Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human
What is personification
500
When a person struggles with thoughts or decisions or an inner force
What is Internal Conflict
500
The high point or turning point of a story
What is Climax
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