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TOGY3LitTermsD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scansion | the process of marking the light and heavy stresses in a poem |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of a stanza in a poem |
| setting | the time and place of a story and poem |
| metaphor | a device of figurative imagery that uses words such as like, as, or more than |
| personification | putting human characteristics on a animal |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which the author uses exaggerated language |
| meter | how poems are measured |
| plot | the arrangements of events in a story |
| exposition | opening of phases in a story in which the writer presents background information |
| rising actions | leading up to the climax |
| climax | the intensest point in a book or story |
| denouement | the final resolutions of a plot, tying up loose ends |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | working against main character |
| archetype | a word in a story has a universal meaning |
| foil | character who is parallel to another character |
| content | what is in a story |
| pattern | arrangement of parts in a way that they reapeat |
| opposite | the exact differ |
| repitition | repeating |
| allegory | an approach to literature or a way of communicating the meaning story drama or poem |
| trimeter | three feet |
| dimeter | two feet |
| pentameter | five feet |
| tetrameter | four feet |
| one dimensional | little information |
| two dimensional | some information |
| three dimensional | alot of information |
| stock | duplicated |
| pun | wordplay |
| assonance | a repitition of a vowel sound |
| alliteration | repeating letters |
| texture | basic scheme or structure |
| artistry | artistic quality or ability |
| frameworks | structural elements |
| genre | a type of literature that had either definite characteristics of form or content or both |
| mystery | a story of suspense, motives, suspects, and detectives |
| mode | overall attitude |
| Peripheral character | side character |
| physical setting | where a story is |
| temporal setting | when a story is |
| worldview | a person's view of the world and the beliefs their life is based on |
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