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TOGY3LitTermsD
Term | Definition |
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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 |