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Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 6

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Dear student, first you have to study the following literature definitions, then test your knowledge about what you read on the next page. Good Luck.

Protagonist (البطل): the central character in a story; the one upon whom the center of the action. The protagonist faces a problem and must undergo some conflict to solve it.

Pun (التورية): A form of wit, not necessarily funny, involving a play on a word with two or more meanings.

Resolution (الحل): the final unwinding, or resolving of the conflicts and complications in the plot.

Rhyme scheme (نمط القافية): the pattern of end rhyme in a poem.

Rising Action (الحدث المثير): That part of the plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest and power to the climax or turning point. The rising action begins with an inciting moment, action, or event that sets a conflict of opposing forces into motion.

Satire (الهجاء): a literary technique in which foolish ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society.

Setting (المكان و الزمان): the time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

Simile (التشبيه): a figure of speech in which two seemingly unlike things are compared. The comparison is made explicit by the use of a word or phrase such as: like, as, than, similar to, resembles, or seems— as in He was strong as a bull.

Soliloquy (مونولوج): A dramatic convention in which a character in a play, alone on stage, speaks his or her thoughts aloud. The audience is provided with information about the characters’ motives, plans, and state of mind.

Stream of Consciousness (الوعي): the technique of presenting the flow of thoughts, responses, and sensations of one or more characters is called stream of consciousness.

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