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English
final exam words
Term | Definition |
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characterization | act of creating and developing a character |
climaz | story or novel or plays highest point of interest |
conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
epic | long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or hero's |
epic hero | brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events |
epic similie | an elaborate comparison of unlike things |
falling action | all events leading up to the climax |
figurative language | writing or speech not meant to be taken literally |
flash black | event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work |
foreshadow | used in a literary work of clues that suggest an event that have yet to occur |
imagery | literature to create word pictures for the reader |
inrony | differences between appearance and reality or expectation and result |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else |
mood | feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
personification | type of figurative language a non human subject is given human characteristics |
plot | sequence of events in a literary work |
resolution | the act of solving a problem |
rising action | events leading up to the climaz |
setting | time and place of the action |
simile | like or as is used to make a comparison |
stave | an arrangement of lines of verse in a pattern usually repeated throughout the poem |
suspense | feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events |
symbol | anything that stands for or presents something else |
tone | the writers attitude towards his or her audience and subject |