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7264319017Allusionindirect reference0
7264319790Apostrophedirect reference1
7264321091Conflictstruggle between 2 opposing forces2
7264323125Dictionword choice3
7264324333Fiction"fiction=fake", literature created from the imagination4
7264328535Foreshadowinghint of what is to come5
7264329859Genrecategory of literary composition6
7264331130ImageryVisual-sight Olfactory-smell Tactile-touch Auditory-hear Gustatory-taste7
7264336437Verbal-Ironyspoken irony8
7264338472Situational-Ironyoutcome is different than expected9
7264339544Dramatic-Ironyaudience knows something that the characters don't10
7264342648Motif vs. Symbolreoccuring symbol vs. representation that appears once11
7264346645Paradox vs. OxymoronParadox-can be a sentence Oxymoron-2 word contradiction Both-self-contradictory statements12
7264351103Plotintroduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution13
7264354385Settingtime/place14
7264355540Syntaxsentence structure15
7264356800Themeunifying motif16

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