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Digital Vocabulary/ text structure and feature
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| symbolism | the symbolic meaning or meanings of a thing or event |
| flashback | past event that interrupts the forward action of a play, movie, novel |
| ballad | a poem or song that tells a story |
| tragedy | play or story about serious events that usually ends with the death of the main character |
| couplet | two successive lines of poetry that rhyme and have the same meter |
| sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines that usually rhymes |
| subplot | secondary plot in a work of fiction |
| soliloquy | speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone |
| comedy | a drama of amusing character and typically with a happy ending |
| chronology | the order of events in time |
| meter | rhythmic pattern of poetry |
| Resolution | the point in a literary work dramatic problem is worked out |
| overview | summary of a subject or situation |
| tension | element in a novel that creates emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress |
| juxtaposition | placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast |