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TOGY3LitTermsD

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