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Literary Terms
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English
9th Grade
11/04/2008

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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of consonant sounds at beginnings of words.
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Allusion
Definition
Indirect reference to another literary work, famous person, place, or event.
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Analogy
Definition
Point-by-point comparison.
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Antagonist
Definition
Principal character in opposition to the protagonist(main character).
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of vowel sounds within non rhyming words.
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Autobiography
Definition
An account of a person's life written that person.
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Ballad
Definition
Poem that tells a story and is usually meant to be sung.
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Biography
Definition
True accounts of a person's life written by someone else.
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Blank Verse
Definition
Unrhymed poetry.
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Climax
Definition
Turning point.
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Comedy
Definition
A literary work that is light & often humorous in tone.
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Conflict
Definition
Problems or struggles in the story.
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Connotation
Definition
Attitudes and feelings associated with words.
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Denotation
Definition
Dictionary definition of a word.
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Couplet
Definition
Rhymed pair of lines.
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Dialect
Definition
Form of language as spoken in a particular geographic area or by a particular social or ethnic group.
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Dialogue
Definition
Written conversation between two or more characters.
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