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| imaginative writing in which languages, images, sound, and rhythm combine to create a certain emotional effect |
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| the use of words to imitate sounds |
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| compares two unlike things; describes something as something else (direct comparison) |
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| comparison using "like" or "as" |
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| a group of lines that forma a unit in a poem |
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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| repetition of the same sounds usually at the end of words |
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| pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language |
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| gives human-like qualities to something non-human |
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| element repeated (word, phrase, or line) |
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| rhythm pattern -- look at the stressed and unstressed symbols |
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| a brief account in prose of fictional events |
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| the sequence of events in a story |
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| a struggle between two forces |
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| the final outcome of a story |
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| the person who tells the story |
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| the point of highest interest and involvement in a story |
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| the time and place in which a story takes place |
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| a general statement about life; main idea of story |
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| clues to prepare reader for events that will happen later on in the story |
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| a scene that's out of order with the plot to show events that have happened in the past |
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| expresses thoughts and feelings through highly musical verse |
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| poem in the shape of the object it describes |
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| Japanese verse poem with three lines that has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. These poems tend to be about nature. |
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| set of plans used to gain success or achieve an aim |
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| making up or inventing on the spur of the moment |
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