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Poetry Vocab #4
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English
8th Grade
01/21/2009

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Term
antagonist
Definition
character in the story in conflict with the protagonist
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climax
Definition
the part of maximum interesting in the plot of a story
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conflict
Definition
in the plot the problem between opposing forces
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idiom
Definition
a meaning other then the usual meaning
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memoir
Definition
the authors personal experiences
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paradox
Definition
a true statement that seems to contradict itself
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parallelism
Definition
similar grammatical constructions that are of the equal or related importance
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cliche
Definition
an over-used or common phrase
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syntax
Definition
the rules of grammar, which control the way that words are arranged to, form sentence
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juxtaposition
Definition
a poetic deivce in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another for comparison
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