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The quality of literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

The main idea put forward in a piece of writing. This is expressed in a sentence or 2 in an opening paragraph of an essay.

The sentence that presents the main idea of a paragraph of and essay etc. what all details in the paragraph serve to support

Refers to the ways in which the elements are arranged

The element that pulls the viewers eye and is the center of attention. Sometimes the first part of the visual that you see

Refers to the arrangement of opposite elements ex. Light vs. dark

A stanza of 2 lines usually rhyming

The literal meaning of the word, the dictionary definition

Effective word choice to create a desired affect or to help make a particular point

Metaphor, similie, personification. Language that is symbolic or representive of something else. It has meaning beyond the literal meaning.

Poetry that has no set rhyme or rhythm

Refers to the type of writing. The major ones are poetry, short fiction, drama and essays

An obvious or intentional exxaggeration

A pattern in poetry which consists offive iambic feet per line.

The time and place and circumstances of a story take place

The implied or suggested meaning of a word.refers to the associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning.

The following characteristics: a)tells a story b) 4 line stanzas c) abcb rhyme scheme

The overall feeling in a piece of writing

The agreement in vowel sounds of 2 or more words, when the sounds preceeding the following vowels dont agree

A reference to a piece of knowledge the writer assumes the reader will know in order to make the topic being discussed more understandable.

Words in close proximity with the same beginning sound at the start of 2 or more words

The reason a writer has in mind for the writing he/she does

Is the main character or hero in a story who acts against the antagonist

The author may report any relevant event, move back in forth in time and space

The narrorator acts as a witness to the events and watches the story unfold.

Where one character is adressing the other as" you". It is rarely ever used yet used in dramatic plays often

The narrorator is a character in the story that refers to his or herself as "I". The reader can only know,hear what the character knows

The eyes through which a story is told

Using examples to support a point or idea

Classifying a subject into different groupings and then further sub-dividing those classifications

A step by step analysis of how to do something or how something works

Block and side by side methods highlighting the similarities and differences between 2 things

Explaining what causes a particular result or what the effects of one subject matter are upon another

Is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a piece of narrarative writing

Is action that interrupts the present to show and event that happened at an earlier time that gives a better understanding of the story

The overall cimpression conveyed in a piece of descriptive writing

The surrounding details that give an idea, concept or event a more complete and fuller meaning.

A conflict with the outside world

A struggle within a characters mind between 2 decisions, both of which have positive and negative consequenses

A struggle between 2 opposing forces

The incident in a story that begins the conflict or places the storys protagonist in a situation. Everything is running smoothly until now

The repeating of a word or phrase in one sentence or paragraph to link that sentence or paragraph to a previous one

The point of greatest suspense or tension in a narrarativeafter which all conflicts are resolved

The author develops character through what the character says,does,thinks and physical description

A character that shows so change throughout a story. He/she is the same from beggining to end

A character that changes or develops over time as the story progresses. These changes come as a result of conflicts faced .

This character is very one sided and one dimensional. He/she is only in the story to complicate matters or act as the antagonist

A character that is well developed in the story. The reader sees more then one side or aspect of his/her personality

A character who is opposite to or challenges the protagonist

Is a word or group of words in literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses.

A suprising twist or plot

The actual word for word meaning of the text. This is not implied or with a deeper meaning.it is the actual surface meaning.

The comparison of 2 basacilly unalike things that have at least 1 thing in common.

The speaker in a piece of poetry or prose. The eyes through which the story is told

Is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes

The combining of 2 contradictory words

Something that is not is given human characteristics

A stanza consisting of 4 lines

A rhyming pattern in a poem that share the same sounds in different words