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- climax
- the turning point. the most intense moment (either mentally or action)
- inference
- making a logical judgment
- Alliteration
- the repeation of the first letter. ex. sally sells sea shells at the seashore
- narrator
- the person who speaks a story
- metaphor
- something that is spoken as though its something else
- mood
- authors attitude toward subject
- hyperbole
- in great exaggeration
- characterization
- traits that describe a character
- narrative poem
- a poem that tells a story
- foreshadowing
- subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story
- end rhyme
- the last words of each line rhymes with eachother
- conflict
- man vs man man vs himself man vs nature man vs society
- antogonist
- bad guy or force
- falling action
- all of the action which follows the climax
- exposition
- a systematic interpretation or explanation
- couplet
- 2 lines of a poem