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neal's vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| literary | writing that includes poem, plays, short stories, scripts, and novels |
| third person point of view | when the narrator observes the actions and events of the story |
| third person pronouns | he, she, him, her, they, and them ( narrator does not refer to himself) |
| antagonist | a character who is usually the Bad Guy in the story |
| protagonist | a character who is usually the Good Guy in the story |
| round character | fully developed personality showing many sides , and perhaps unpredictable behavior |
| dynamic character | experiences a dramatic change in attitude or personality at some point |
| idiom | a phrase or expression associated with a specific people or culture |
| dialect | the idioms and pronunciations used in spoken and written language in different regions of a country |
| legend | oral or written storytelling that may have some truth but focuses on exaggerated physical strength and courage |
| myth | oral or written storytelling that may involve supernatural beings |
| fable | oral or written storytelling that teaches a moral or lesson |
| personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects |
| imagery | descriptive language using sensory words to paint a picture in the reader's mind |
| simile | a comparison between two things using the word like or the word as |
| metaphor | a comparison between two things ( nouns) |
| symbol | stands for or represents a person, place, thing or idea |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration or overstatement |
| free verse | poetry without a set meter or rhyme |
| verse | poetry with a set meter or rhyme |
| stanza | a group of consecutive lines in a poem ( like a paragraph in writing0 |
| sonnet | a poem of 14 lines with length and rhymes that follow one of several patterns |
| ballad | a simple song or poem that usually tells a story |
| alliteration | the repeating of initial consonant sounds in words in a line of writing ( usually poetry) |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
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