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Regents Vocabulary

Regents Vocabulary. Review Book 2013-2014. Narrator. The person telling the story In Private Peaceful , the narrator of the story is Thomas Peaceful. . Metaphor. A comparing two unlike things using the words is/was, are/were. . Setting.

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Regents Vocabulary

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  1. Regents Vocabulary Review Book 2013-2014

  2. Narrator • The person telling the story • In Private Peaceful, the narrator of the story is Thomas Peaceful.

  3. Metaphor • A comparing two unlike things using the words is/was, are/were.

  4. Setting • The time and place in which the action of a story occurs

  5. Foreshadow • When an author provides hints or clues of events that will happen.

  6. Characterization • How a character is described in a piece of literature

  7. External Conflict • A struggle with an outside force that moves the plot along

  8. Internal Conflict • A character’s struggle with themselves that moves the plot forward

  9. Static Character • A character who does not undergo significant mental, emotional or personality change

  10. Dynamic Character • A character who undergoes significant mental, emotional or personality change

  11. Flashback • When an author recounts something that happened before the beginning of the piece

  12. Theme • The message or lesson learned from a piece of literature.

  13. Onomatopoeia • Words that sound like their meanings.

  14. Imagery • Vivid descriptions that help to engage the reader.

  15. Simile • A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

  16. Personification • Giving non-human things human qualities

  17. Alliteration • The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in words.

  18. Hyperbole • An extreme exaggeration.

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