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TONE 47 words

August 16, 2009 By Sukhmani

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  1. allegory
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  2. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
  3. analysis
    the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
  4. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  5. character
    a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
  6. characterization
    the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
  7. chiaroscuro
    a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
  8. climax
    the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
  9. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
  10. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  11. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
  12. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  13. dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
  14. drama
    a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  15. exposition
    a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
  16. figurative
    (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
  17. foil
    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  18. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  19. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  20. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  21. imagery
    the ability to form mental images of things or events
  22. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
  23. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  24. metaphor
    a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
  25. mood
    a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  26. motif
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
  27. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  28. omniscient
    infinitely wise
  29. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  30. oxymoron
    conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
  31. paradox
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
  32. personification
    the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
  33. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
  34. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  35. point of view
    a mental position from which things are viewed
  36. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  37. repetition
    the act of doing or performing again
  38. rime
    ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
  39. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  40. semantic
    of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
  41. setting
    the physical position of something
  42. simile
    a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
  43. symbol
    something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
  44. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
  45. tension
    the action of stretching something tight
  46. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  47. tone
    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)