Word of the Day – Week of September 19 – Literary Terms
Monday - dialogue (di-UH-log): The conversation between characters in a drama or narrative.
Tuesday - alliteration (a-LIT-uh-RAY-shuhn): a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. Example – Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
Wednesday - antagonist (an-TAG-uh-nist): a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character.
Thursday - ballad (BAL-uhd): a narrative folk song. Ballads were usually created by common people and told aloud during family gatherings. Subjects for ballads include feuds, great struggles, love stories or important historical events.
Friday - character (KARE-ec-ter): a person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature. Characters are extremely important because they are the way a reader interacts with a piece of literature. “Characters wanted.”
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