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ELA 30S
Exposition
The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and supplies other facts necessary for the story
Setting
Time and place of the story
Rising Action
A series of events leading to the climax.
Climax
The turning point of the story
Falling Action
The events in a story that occur after the climax
Resolution
The concluding part of a story
Theme
A statement of opinion the author is making about life or society
Sarcasm
The use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way
Alliteration
The repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a series
Assonance
The repetition of vowel or diphthong sounds in one or more words found close togethe
Consonance
The repetition of specific consonant sounds in close proximity
Imagery
Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images
Metaphor
When a writer compares one thing to another
Simile
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as
Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Symbolism
Symbolism is a technique used in writing when one thing stands for something else
Allergory
Story, poem or other work that can be interpreted to have a secondary, meaning
Hyperbole
as an intentionally exaggerated description, comparison, or exclamation, meant to make a specific impact on the reader
Allusion
is an indirect reference to something
tone
The poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader
Internal Rhyme
rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines
End Rhyme
when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
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