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Acrostic

a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

Alliteration

the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words

Assonance

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

Ballad

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

Blank verse

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter

Close rhyme

Two rhyming words that are consecutive or very close together in a phrase or line

Couplet

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

Elegy

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Epic

a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation

Foot

a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Haiku

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Iamb

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Internal rhyme

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.

Limerick

a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba

Line

a basic structural component of a poem

Lyric

expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms

Meter

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Onomatopoeia

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Poem

a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.

Poet

a person who writes poems

Refrain

a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus

Repetition

a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer

Rhyme

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry

Stanza

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

Verse

writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

analyze

To study (something) closely and carefully

Ambiguity

Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language

Cite

To provide a reference to a source

Citation

A reference to a source that provides enough information to allow a reader to retrieve it

Central Idea

main idea

Evidence

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

Graphics

visual images produced by computer processing.

Index

an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places where they occur, typically found at the end of a book.

Keyword

a word that acts as the key to a cipher or code.

Objective

Your goal

Paraphrase

express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Parenthetical Citation

citation gives credit in parentheses to a source that you're quoting or paraphrasing

Periodical

a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals.

Plagiarism

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

Primary Source

a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic

Research

Getting information about a certain subject

Search Engine

A platform you use to find information

Secondary Source

Backup source

Source

Where you find your information

Source Card

Contains information about the source of information

Allusion

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

Antagonist

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

Climax

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something

Conflict

a serious disagreement or argument

Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Dentation

the literal or primary meaning of a word

Dynamic Character

any character who changes as a result of the story's conflicts and plot

Falling Action

the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.

Exposition

a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

fiction

escribes imaginary events and people.

Flashback

set in a time earlier than the main story.

Flat Character

two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work

Foreshadowing

be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Inciting Incident

the event that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative.

Mood

inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind in a book

Narrative

A story

Plot

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

Point-of-view

a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

Protagonist

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

Rising Action

Happy ending

Round Character

Is deep and layered character in a story.

Static Character

A type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.

Theme

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition

Tone

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation

Resolution

The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out