soldiers home-main character
harold krebs
a rose for emily main characters
emily grierson
homer barron
a worn path main characters
the hunter
phoenix jackson
A story of an hour
louise mallard
brentley mallard
theme of soldiers home
war really affects people
theme of a story of an hour
louise just wants to be free
a rose for emily theme
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clich�
words that have become lifeless because it has been overused
allusion
a refrence to someone or something that is known in history, literature, politics, sports, etc.
anecdote
a brief story told tonillustrate the point
assonance
repitition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
characterzation
the process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character
conflict
the stuggle between opposing forces or characters in a story
hyperbole
a figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration
imagery
the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person,place, thing, or experience
metaphor
a comparison between two unlike things without the use of specific words
onomotepia
the use of a word that sounds or immitates or suggests a meaning
oxymoron
a figure of speech that combines opposite or controictory terms in a brief phrase
parallelism
the repititon of words or phrases that have simliar grammatical structures
personification
a thought in which nonaimate objects are given human characteristics
simile
the comparison of two unlike things using the words, like or as
stereotype
a fixed idea in your head that somone doesnt deserve individuality, or based off religion
symbol
a person place or thing that has a meaning more than itself
theme
insight about human life that is revealed in a work
tone
the attitude the writer takes towards a piece of work, the character in it, pr the audience
alliteration
the repitition of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
antagonist
the apponent who struggles against the hero in the story
apostrophe
a technique by a writer and adresses an inanimate object
autobiography
an account of the writers on life
biography
the writers life wrriten by someone else
character
an idividual in a story or play
climax
the point in a plot that creates intensity in the story
conotation
the emotional overtatchment to a word or phrase
deneoumet
the conclusion or resolution of a story
dialect
a way of speaking to a certain social group
diciton
a speaker of a writers choice of words
dramatic dialouge
poem in which a character speaks to one or more people
epithet
a descriptive woed that is used to describe a character
euphemism
the substitution of a mild, indirect, vague expression
flashback
something that interrupts the normal chronological order of the story to depict something that happened earlier in the story
foreshadowing
use of hints to describe somethimg that will happen later in the story line
frame story
a story enclosed with another story
narrative
the form of discourse that tells a story
plot
the series of relative events
point of view
the vantage point from which a writer tells his story
first point of view
one character is telling a story
third point of view
an unkown narrator ir character tells the story and can relate to thoughts or feelings
protagonist
the central character in a story or play the one who iniaties action
regionalism
literature that emphasizes a specific geographical setting and reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live there.
rethorical question
a question that is asked for affect that does not require an answer
rhyme
the repitition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeding syllables
setting
the time and location in which a story takes place
stream of concioussness
a style of writing that portrays the inner workings of a chatacters mind
style
the distinctive way the author writes
plot line
the events of the story told in chronological order