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Lit Terms #15

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rising action the development of conflict leading to a crisis; the second section of the typical plot, in which the main character begins to grapple with the story's main conflict.
romance works having extravagant characters, remote or exotic settings, adventure, magic, chivalry and love
round character a fully developed character; a character who is complex, multi-dimensional and convincing
run-on-line The carrying over of sense of grammatical structure from one line to the next
sarcasm the caustic and heavy use of apparent praise
satire a piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of work; satire arouses laughter or scorn as a means of ridicule
scan to mark off lines of poetry into rhythmic units or feet, so as to show their metrical structure
scansion a system for describing more or less conventional poetic rhythms by dividing the lines into feet; the process of measuring verse.
scene short division within an act in a play; a particular setting in any work of literature
second person the narrator uses "you" as the narrator telling the story (very uncommon practice (very uncommon practice)
septet a seven line stanza
sestet a six line stanza
setting the place and time in the story, including the historical period, geographical location, description of indoor or outdoor locals
short story also called a tale; has many of the same characteristics of a novel but details are arranged to achieve a single effect, with action moving rapidly and with minimal complication or detail of setting
Simile A figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a basis of comparison can be found; uses the words "like" or "as"
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