Tolerance

Definitions
By: Ka e n a n , Ch ris , Mic h e lle
Plot
 Definition: The main events in a story or novel
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 Juliet, too, falls for Romeo, but falls into despair when her
Nurse informs her Romeo is a Montague, as does Romeo
when he learns Juliet is a Capulet.
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 http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/romeo_and_juliet
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Setting
 Definition: The place and surroundings in a
story
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 An apple aimlessly attacked an ant
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Allusion
 Definition: The practice of bringing things to
mind
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 Pictures can bring back memories such as
stairs
Analogy
 Definition: The comparison between two people
and their talking points throughout the
literature
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 “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
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 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 characters
in the play
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 “Ha they don’t know that my real plan is to
take their money” thought Charlie
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Blank Verse
 Definition: A verse without rhyme
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 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
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 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
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 The house burned down. “Well at least I’ll
never have to deal with the dishes again.”
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Conflict
 Definition: A disagreement or opposition in a
work of literature
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 They had finally made it to the river bed but
there was only enough water for one person
because of the hot dry climate.
Couplet
 Definition: a type of rhyme that only has two
verses
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 Once upon a time
 I wrote this little rhyme
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Diction
 Definition: A style of speaking or writing
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 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
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 The hunter was now the hunted
Dramatic Structure
 Definition: The structure of a story that brings
drama
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 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 a
generalization
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Big MOUNTAIN
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Figurative Language
 Definition: To use words that have special
meaning that mean different things that what
the dictionary meaning is
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 Holy cow
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Foreshadowing
 Definition: To show something in the beginning
that will become important later in the story
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 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
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 He foiled their plans by calling the police
Imagery
 Definition: The use of words to create specific
images in some ones head
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 The red rubber ball was as big as a watermelon
Irony
 Definition: Using language that usually means
the opposite of something to get an idea
across
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 “A traffic jam when you're already late... to
receive an award from the Municipal Planning
Board for reducing the city's automobile
congestion 80 percent.”
 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200
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Meter
 Definition: : A measurement of speech that is
used in poems and rhymes
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 I used a meter to measure the sentence
poetically.
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Metaphor
 Definition: A statement that applies to a word
or action but not literally

 It’s 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 any
interruptions
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 “ I am so happy because I won the lottery. I feel
like I can do anything now. I can now buy
whatever I want…”
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Oxymoron
 Definition: Something that is impossible and or
cannot be done
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 Clean dirt
Personification
 Definition: Giving an object a personality and
letting it become like a person
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 “Pass the salt.” said the crocodile
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Protagonist
 Definition: The leading character in a story
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 Frodo is a protagonist in Lord of the Rings
Pun
 Definition: A joke using the different
possibilities of the meaning of a word
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 I have a fear of needles. They really get under
my skin.
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 http://www.punoftheday.com/cgi-
bin/disppuns.pl?
ord=N&cat=0&sub=0&page=1
Rhyme Scheme
 Definition: The meter of a rhyme and how it is
setup
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 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 word
like or as.
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 The salsa is as hot as the sun
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Situational Irony
 Definition: A situation that brings about irony
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 “The people in Emerald city believed the wizard to be a
powerful deity but it turns out that he is just some
bumbling 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
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 “ 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
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 “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
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 His charity is a symbol of his kindness.
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Tragedy
 Definition: When something occurs that is very
depressing or meaningful
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 The child is now fatherless.
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Verbal Irony
 Definition: Using words to express irony
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 I’m sorry but your house has burned down sir”
said the policeman
 “Oh Great” replied Robby
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