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English Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Protagonist | Main character in a story |
| Antagonist | character,object,an event, or any other condition that opposes the main character |
| Allegory | A symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts |
| Alliteration | The repetition of an initial consonant sound |
| Allusion | A figure of speech where the author refers to a subject matter such as person,place,event, or literacy work in a passing conference |
| Anagram | Literacy device where in the writer jumbles up parts of the world to create a new word. |
| Apathy | Lack of interest,enthusiasm or concern. |
| Analogy | A comparison between 2 things for the purpose of explanation or clarification. |
| Anti-hero | In literature an anti-hero is a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities they blur the line between hero and villian. |
| Anthropomorphism | when a human quality emotion or ambition is given to a non human object or being. |
| Antithesis | used when the writer puts two sentences of contrasting meanings to close to one another. |
| Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which the speaker addresses an object,concept or person(often absent) that is unable to respond. |
| Archetype | A concept,person or object that has served as a universally understood prototype of its kind, archetypes are immendiately identifiable and can be oversued. |
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