5046385479 | Apostrophe | When a character breaks from normal flow of the story Ex. | 0 | |
5046390134 | Allusion | Reference to history, historical figures, religious texts, art, or other literary work Ex. That'll do donkey | 1 | |
5046402299 | Literal Imagery | Actual physical attributes | 2 | |
5046402300 | Figurative Imagery | Imagery used to convey an abstract feeling or idea Ex. First grade poem | 3 | |
5046416147 | Motif | Repeated element in a work of art Ex. Hamlet - Death in the afterlife | 4 | |
5046425134 | Foreshadowing | Introducing narrative material that prepares the reader for future events | 5 | |
5046435423 | Flashback | A scene that interrupts the narrative to depict an earlier event Ex. Lost | 6 | |
5046445688 | Tone | The emotional state of the narrator, the speaker, or the writer | 7 | |
5046456532 | Setting | Chronological, societal, emotional, sensual | 8 | |
5046495080 | Atmosphere | The feeling, emotion, or mood a writer conveys to the reader through description of setting and objects | 9 | |
5199884019 | Deus ex Machina | An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation | 10 | |
5229309776 | Polysyndeton | And, and, and | 11 | |
5229309777 | Ode | lyric poem, magical | 12 | |
5257804635 | Epistolary | Story told through a series of letters | 13 | |
5257824755 | Frame story | When a piece of writing has an outer story, from which the main story is told. Normally the story in the center thematically ties to the frame story | 14 |
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