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English Literary Terms

o Narration –
o Protagonist – main character
o Antagonist – character who opposes the protagonist
o Theme – what you as a reader is supposed to learn
o Metaphor –
o Simile – a comparison using the words like or as
o Oxymoron –
o Hyperbole –
o Personification – giving human qualities to non living things
o Alliteration – repetition of initial consonant sounds
o Allusion – make reference to the bible, work of art, mythology, or history
o Irony – opposite of what is expected to be
o End Rhyme – a rhyme that comes at the end of the line
o Rhyming Couplet –
o Apostrophe – talking to a non human object in a work of literature
o Ambivalence – having 2 emotions at the same time
o Secondary Character – noh plays – always introduces the play
o Flat Character – a character you only learn 1 or 2 characteristics about
o Round Character – a character you learn many characteristics about
o Static Character – a character who......

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