English Terms

4. more dimensions to their personalities they are complex
6. word or phrase that has become lifeless
7. form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral
9. balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted
13. a twentieth century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from poets life
16. repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words close together
17. ends in a happy resolution of conflicts
18. repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words together
19. accepted general truth also called maxim, epigram
20. characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or abstract ideas or qualities

1. suggesting two or more different and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work
2. words that are inaccurate
3. brief story,told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something often shows character of an individual
5. reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture
8. Emotional overtones that have become attached to a word phrase in addition to its strict dictionary definition
10. a word phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations
11. changes in some important way as a result of the storys action
12. who acts as a contrast to another character
14. a way of speaking
15. metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different