Literary Terms 9
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- Q1literary work (or part of one in which a character is speaking about him/herself as if another person were present. Reveals something important about the characterdramatic monologuesoliloquypersonificationepic30s
- Q2someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character, bring out each other's opposite characteristicstragic heroantagonistprotagonistcharacter foil30s
- Q3long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a herogenreballadtragedyepic30s
- Q4repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of wordsalliterationmeterconsonanceassonance30s
- Q5repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of wordsmeterconsonancealliterationassonance30s
- Q6category or type of literature (or other art) based on its style, form, contentepictonegenremeter30s
- Q7overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer's use of wordstoneallusionmoodrhythm30s
- Q8character who experiences an inner struggle because of a character flawprotagonisttragic herocharacter foilsoliloquy30s
- Q9similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words (they have similar sounds/endings)rhythmassonancemeterrhyme30s
- Q10patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetrymeterfootrhymeepic30s
- Q11author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, or effectivenessdictiontonemetergenre30s
- Q12main character or hero of a storycharacter foilantagonistprotagonisttragic hero30s
- Q13speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone on stagetragedypersonificationsoliloquydramatic monologue30s
- Q14literary work in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and by forces beyond his or her controlnoveltragedyepic30s
- Q15literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a personsimilepersonificationallusionmetaphor30s