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summer coursework 11
English Summer Coursework Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Repitition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases. Example. Dressy Daffodils | -Alliteration |
| A brief, usually indirect referance to a person, place or event-- real or fictional. Example. "The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles heel." | -Allusion |
| One who opposes and contends against another. Example. The Montagues and Capulets in Romeo and Juliet | -Antagonist |
| The surroundings or mood of the characters by which an author describes. Example. "It was a cold, dark night." | -Atmosphere |
| The refarin of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences. Example. "Fleet fleet sweep by sleeping geeks." | -Assonance |
| A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. Example. There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent them o'er the sea | -Ballad |
| An unrhymed verse, used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. Example. What Juliet knew, and I see where I have stood All this time, not alone but supported, held | -Blank Verse |
| The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of the story. Example. (Twilight) After Bella and the Cullens meet James, Victoria and Laurent. | -Climax |
| To come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition. Example. | -Conflict |
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