Literary Terms 7

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story of person's life written by someone else

biography

an unpleasant combination of sounds

cacophony

a pleasant combination of sounds

euphony

a character struggles against himself

internal conflict

ex. of figurative language: states something that is not literally true for effect

figure of speech

interruption of chronological order to describe an earlier event

flashback

hint that something bad will happen

foreboding

basic unit of rhythm in poetry; 2 syllables, unstressed followed by stressed

foot

unrhymed poetry

free verse

Japanese poem, 3 lines, 5 syllables in 1st and 3rd, 7 syllables in 2nd

Haiku

figure of speech that means exaggeration

hyperbole

a foot of meter

iamb