A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning, often takes place in the form of a story in which the characters represent more qualities.

The repetition of consonant sounds especially at the beginning of words.

A character or force which another character struggles against; the villain.

An imaginary person who inhabits a literary work.

The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story.

An intensification of the conflict in a story or play.

A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play usually resolved by the end of the work.

A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.

A scene in a movie, play or book etc., that shows something that happened before that point in the story.

Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story.

A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

The use of words that are the opposite of what you really mean, e.g. calling a big person tiny.

A comparison between essentially unlike things without using like or as.

The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author.

The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.

A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human or alive, e.g. The wing howled angrily.

The series of related events that make up a story.

The main character of a literary work.

The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of play, novel,or story.

The time and place of a literary work that establishes it's context.

A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or through.

In a poem a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit, like a paragraph.

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Literary poetic term

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Term	Definition
Allegory	A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning, often takes place in the form of a story in which the characters represent more qualities.
Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds especially at the beginning of words.
Antagonist	A character or force which another character struggles against; the villain.
Character	An imaginary person who inhabits a literary work.
Climax	The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story.
Complication	An intensification of the conflict in a story or play.
Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play usually resolved by the end of the work.
Epic	A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.
Flashback	A scene in a movie, play or book etc., that shows something that happened before that point in the story.
Foreshadowing	Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story.
Hyperbole	A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
Irony	The use of words that are the opposite of what you really mean, e.g. calling a big person tiny.
Metaphor	A comparison between essentially unlike things without using like or as.
Narrator	The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author.
Onomatopoeia	The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
Personification	A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human or alive, e.g. The wing howled angrily.
Plot	The series of related events that make up a story.
Protagonist	The main character of a literary work.
Resolution	The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of play, novel,or story.
Settings	The time and place of a literary work that establishes it's context.
Simile	A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or through.
Stanza	In a poem a group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit, like a paragraph.

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