ALLEGORY (noun)- is a story in which characters and events are symbols that
stand for truths about human life.
„Ex: Well, the Eagle has landed. I thought you’d never make that basketball shot.
„Allegorical (adjective)
„Allegorically (adverb)
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ALLITERATION (noun)- is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or
more neighboring words.
„Ex: “The suave swain swiggled his way into her heart.”
„Alliterative (adjective)
„Alliteratively (adverb)
„
„ALLUSION (noun)- is the figure of speech that makes a brief reference to a
historical or literary figure, event, or object.
„Ex: “He’s a Kennedy if I ever saw one.”
„Allusive (adjective)
„Allusively (adverb)
„Allusiveness (noun)
“A”
A Words Cont
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ANTAGONIST (noun)- is the opposing force in a narrative. The force can be a character, circumstance
or an inner weakness of the character.
Ex: In “Superman”, Lex Luther is considered to be an antagonist.
Ex: In the movie, “The Perfect Storm,” the antagonist is the storm.
Ex: When a teen makes a mistake because of his or her immaturity. The immaturity is considered to
be the antagonist.
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ATMOSPHERE (noun)- is the main mood or feeling in a creative work.
Ex: In the movie, “Thirteen Ghosts,” the main mood was fear.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY (noun)- is a story of a person’s life written by that person.
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Ex:
b Dennis Rodman and
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Autobiographer (noun)
Autobiographical (adjective)
Autobiographically (adverb)
“H” WORDS
HAIKU (noun)- is a Japanese poem usually about nature.
HERO (noun)- is the focal person in a literary work. He or she possesses noble qualities
within the work.
Tupac Shakur
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sally
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HUMOR (noun)- is the way of seeing something comically.
BAD HAIR DAY !!!
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“M” Words
MELODRAMA (noun)- is a drama that contains a romantic plot, sock characters, sensational
action, and direct emotional appeals to the audience.
Ex: Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Melodramatic (adjective)
Melodramatically (adverb)
Melodramatics (noun)
METAPHOR (noun)(noun) is an implied analogy in which one thing is imaginatively compared to
or identified with another dissimilar thing.
Ex: Macbeth, William Shakespeare, “OUT, OUT, BRIEF CANDLE! Life's but a walking
shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon stage and then is heard no more.”
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METER (noun)- is the rhythmic pattern produced when words are arranged so that their
stressed an unstressed syllables fall into a more or less regular sequence, resulting in
repeated
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MONOLOGUE (noun)- is a dramatic situation in which only one person is speaking.
“M” Words Cont’d
MOOD (noun)- is the feeling of a scene, situation or event.
Ex: I’m so happy. I’m rich !!!
MOTIF (noun)- is an image, character, object, setting, situation, theme or
repetitive image in literary works
works.
Ex. Secrets in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
MOTIVATION (noun)- is the reason that a character does something.
Ex. Fitness Motivation byy W. Jack Rejeski,
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y, MA,, Gives
one motivation to get in shape.
MYTH (noun)- is a traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural
beings, ancestors, or heroes.
Ex: The story of Hercules is a Greek myth.
Mythical (adjective)
Mythology (noun)
“P” Words
PARABLE (noun)- is a story or tale that has a moral or religious lesson.
Ex: John Steinbeck’s The Pearl
PARAPHRASE (noun)- is to restate or reword a phrase.
Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs. Means that it’s raining very hard.
PERSONIFICATION (noun)- is giving “human” like qualities to a nonhuman object.
Ex: The sun smiled at me.
Personify (verb)
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PLOT (noun)- is a sequence of events that has a beginning, middle, and an end.
POEM (noun)- is a piece of work written in verse and in certain measures, that can be unrhymed or in
rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction
Ex. The Creation by James W. Johnson
POINT OF VIEW (noun) - the view point from which the story is told.
told
“P” Words Cont’d
PROLOGUE (noun)- is the introduction or preface to a story
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From which civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
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PROTAGONIST (noun)- is the main character within a literary work.
Ex Frankenstein & his wife
Ex.
“R” Words
ROMANCE (noun)
(noun)- is a fiction story that features supernatural and or mysterious
RHETORICAL QUESTION (noun)- is a question asked that’s not really meant to be
answered.
“R” Words Cont’d
Is it
alread
already
6am?
REFRAIN (noun)- is the repetition of a line or lines in a poem or song.
Ex: “We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and we wish you
a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”
RESOLUTION (noun)- is the final outcome of a story.
Ex: Humpty Dumpy sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpy had a great fall.
All the king’s horse,
And all the kings men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
RHYME (noun)(noun) is the repeating of sounds in words that appear close to each other in a
poem. Also known as rime
ROUND CHARACTER ((noun)) is a character capable
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capable of change.
Ex. Goldie Locks said, “this bed is way to soft”.
“S” Words
Figurative Language “S” Words
SATIRE (noun)- is a term used to describe any form of literature that blends ironic
humor and wit with criticism for the purpose of ridiculing individuals.
Ex: Jonathan’s Swift, Victoria Glendinning
Satiric (adjective) Satirize (verb)
SCENE (noun)- is a part of a work featuring a single, specific incident or segment of
dialogue.
Scenery (noun)
Scenic (adjective)
SETTING (noun)- is the location and time in which the action of a work of literature
takes place
place.
“S” Words Cont’d
“S” Words Continued
STEREOTYPE ((noun)) 1. A character dominate byy a single
g characteristic. 2.
Oversimplified conception, belief or opinion.
STYLE (noun)- is a writer’s characteristic way of writing, which may or may
not be highly
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Stylist( noun)
SUMMARY (adjective)- is the material in a form that includes only the
important matter
matter.
Summarize (verb)
Summarily (adverb)
SUSPENSE (noun)- is the writer’s deliberate use of delay in the action to
heighten the interest of the reader.
Ex. In the game of basketball, suspense is when you’re
waiting for that one player to make the game winning shot.
Suspenseful (adjective)
Suspension (noun)
The Last “S” Word
The Last “S” Word
Symbol (noun)- is an image, object, gesture, detail,
or event that has additional, meaning
g beyond
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the
literal.
Symbolic(adjective)
Symbolically (adverb)
Symbolize (verb)
Symbolism (noun)
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ations & Thank You
This handdbook is ded
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Marquitta
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This is a dedication to
t the group for their goood working strategies
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annd their ambiition.
Darnell Elsberry
Dedicated to my grandparents, James and Lillie Calloway. Thanks for being such a great impact
on my life. You'll be missed and your teachings will always shine through me.
Tocarro Pemberton
Mother is such a small word that means so much. Thanks for your unconditional love and
encouragement. You are my inspiration and my best friend. I love you!
Titichia Mitchell "TiTi"
To my son, Joshua, who has been the reason for my life continuing and having more meaning
than it did before. No matter what happens mommy loves you & always will.
Love, Cassi Graham