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ToleranceDefinitions
By: Ka e n a n , Ch ris , Mich e lle
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Plot Definition: The main events in a story or novel
Juliet, too, falls for Romeo, but falls into despair when herNurse informs her Romeo is a Montague, as does Romeo
when he learns Juliet is a Capulet.
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/romeo_and_julie
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Setting Definition: The place and surroundings in a
story
Pass the candy cane forest through gumdrop
valley lies Santa's workshop
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Point of View Definition: They point of view that the story is
told form a specific character in the story
I ran down the street to the grocery store for
milk
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Characterization Definition: The way that a character is
described and their personality
He was kind and friendly to everyone
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Theme Definition: The subject of a story and the view
point that it is told
The party was fun and full of laughter with
bright sunshine
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Alliteration Definition: The use of the same letter and or
word recurring throughout the literature
An apple aimlessly attacked an ant
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Allusion Definition: The practice of bringing things to
mind
Pictures can bring back memories such as
stairs
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Analogy Definition: The comparison between two people
and their talking points throughout theliterature
Hello John, how are you? asked Bill Hey I am fine thank you Bill said John
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Antagonist Definition: The one in the story who is hostile
and opposes the main character
John pushed Bill down the stairs
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Aside Definition: A remark that is intended to be
heard by the audience but not the charactersin the play
Ha they dont know that my real plan is totake their money thought Charlie
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Blank Verse Definition: A verse without rhyme
Today we shall go down the the store
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Climax Definition: The most exciting and intense point
of a story where the plot unfolds
Then Harvey took the final step and made it to
the top of the mountain.
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Comic Relief Definition: To offset more serious points in
literature
The house burned down. Well at least Ill
never have to deal with the dishes again.
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Conflict Definition: A disagreement or opposition in a
work of literature
They had finally made it to the river bed but
there was only enough water for one personbecause of the hot dry climate.
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Couplet Definition: a type of rhyme that only has two
verses
Once upon a time
I wrote this little rhyme
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Diction Definition: A style of speaking or writing
It is a strange diction that he uses to write.
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Dramatic Irony Definition: : The expression by using something
that usually means the opposite
The hunter was now the hunted
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Dramatic Structure Definition: The structure of a story that brings
drama
Exposition to rising action to climax to falling
action is the order of dramatic structure
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Epithet Definition: A word that expresses the
characteristics of something that is ageneralization
Big MOUNTAIN
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Foreshadowing Definition: To show something in the beginning
that will become important later in the story
A man came out of a room. Three days later a
body is found in the same room.
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Foil Definition: To stop or ruin some ones plans to
do something
He foiled their plans by calling the police
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Imagery Definition: The use of words to create specific
images in some ones head
The red rubber ball was as big as a watermelon
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Irony Definition: Using language that usually means
the opposite of something to get an ideaacross
A traffic jam when you're already late... toreceive an award from the Municipal PlanningBoard for reducing the city's automobilecongestion 80 percent.
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Metaphor Definition: A statement that applies to a word
or action but not literally
Its so hot I could fry eggs on the street.
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Monologue Definition: One character talking for a long
section of a literary piece without anyinterruptions
I am so happy because I won the lottery. I feellike I can do anything now. I can now buywhatever I want
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Oxymoron Definition: Something that is impossible and or
cannot be done
Clean dirt
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Personification Definition: Giving an object a personality and
letting it become like a person
Pass the salt. said the crocodile
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Protagonist Definition: The leading character in a story
Frodo is a protagonist in Lord of the Rings
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Pun Definition: A joke using the different
possibilities of the meaning of a word
I have a fear of needles. They really get under
my skin.
http://www.punoftheday.com/cgi-bin/disppuns.pl?
ord=N&cat=0&sub=0&page=1
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Rhyme Scheme Definition: The meter of a rhyme and how it is
setup
8 A
8 A 6 B
8 C
8 C
6 B
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Simile Definition: A statement that applies to a word
or action but not literally and uses the wordlike or as.
The salsa is as hot as the sun
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Situational Irony Definition: A situation that brings about irony
The people in Emerald city believed the wizard to be apowerful deity but it turns out that he is just somebumbling old man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
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Soliloquy Definition: The act of speaking aloud to oneself
regardless if others are listening or not
Now I know what he was up to. exclaimed
John.
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Sonnet Definition: A poem of fourteen lines that uses a
specific meter
This is my Sonnet.
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Symbol Definition: An object or idea that means
something other that that of which it really is
His charity is a symbol of his kindness.
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Tragedy Definition: When something occurs that is very
depressing or meaningful
The child is now fatherless.
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Verbal Irony Definition: Using words to express irony
Im sorry but your house has burned down sirsaid the policeman
Oh Great replied Robby