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| 10575822670 | figurative language | a type of language that varies from the norms of literal language, in which a writer uses various literary devices to enhance the meaning for the reading | 0 | |
| 10575822671 | theme | the overall message the author is trying to convey, usually about human nature, to the reader | 1 | |
| 10575822672 | simile | a type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike objects or ideas by connecting them with the words "like" or "as" | 2 | |
| 10575822673 | omniscient POV | in this type of third person point of view, the narrator knows everything about all the characters, places, and charaters involved | 3 | |
| 10575822674 | allusion | a reference within a literary work to a well-known person place, event, art, object, or other literary work | 4 | |
| 10575822675 | cinematic POV | in this type of third person POV, the narrator details only observable action, just as if you were watchin a movie | 5 | |
| 10575822676 | tone | the writer or speaker's feeling toward a literary work, exptressed through dialogue and narration | 6 | |
| 10575822677 | dramatic irony | when facts are not known to the characters in a work of literature but are known by the audience | 7 | |
| 10575822678 | POV | the perspective from which a story is presented to a reader; the vantage point | 8 | |
| 10575822679 | antagonist | the major character opposing the main character. Usually the villain. Doesn't necessarily have to be a person, or evil | 9 | |
| 10575822680 | mood | the atmosphere or feeling created through the sitting by a literary work (experienced by the reader) | 10 | |
| 10575822681 | irony | a literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem | 11 | |
| 10575822682 | understatement | a deliberate representation of something as much less in magnitude or importance than it really is; also called meiosis; opposite of exaggeration | 12 | |
| 10575822683 | imagery | words or phrases that appeal to the readers' senses; most common type of visual | 13 | |
| 10575822684 | metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things not using "like" or "as". In connecting one object, even, or place to another, new and intriguing qualities of the original can be uncovered | 14 | |
| 10575822685 | symbol | a character, action, setting, or object representing a greater concept | 15 | |
| 10575822686 | central POV | in this first-person point of view, the narrator of the story is the main character and he/she is telling his/her own story | 16 | |
| 10575822687 | personification | assigning human attributes to something nonhuman. Makes objects and their actions easier to visualize, and more interesting | 17 | |
| 10575822688 | diction | word choice | 18 | |
| 10575822689 | situational irony | a situation that turns out completely different than what was expected | 19 | |
| 10575822690 | peripheral POV | in this first-person point of view, the narrator of the story is not its main character. The narrator is telling someone else's story; however, she is often changed by her observations | 20 | |
| 10575822691 | verbal irony | when the speaker means something totally different than what he is saying or the audience realizes, because of their knowledge of the particular situation to which the speaker is referring, that the opposite of what a character is saying is true | 21 | |
| 10575822692 | flat character | a character that remains unchanged from the story's events; not dynamic | 22 | |
| 10575822693 | allegory | a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning-a literal one and another more symbolic one | 23 | |
| 10575822694 | indirect characterization | shows readers what a character is like through physical description, appearance; speech, private thoughts and feelings, motives, actions, speech of other characters, effect on other characters | 24 | |
| 10575822695 | direct characterization | tells readers what a character is like | 25 | |
| 10575822696 | connotation | the emotions or feelings associated with a word | 26 | |
| 10575822697 | denotation | the literal definition of a word | 27 | |
| 10575822698 | pun | a deliberate play on words | 28 | |
| 10575822699 | genre | a type of literature | 29 | |
| 10575822700 | alliteration | the use of several words together that begin with the same sound or letter in order to make a special effect, espcially in poetry | 30 | |
| 10575822701 | hyperbole | a way of describing something by exaggerating its qualities | 31 | |
| 10575822702 | onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing | 32 | |
| 10575822703 | suspense | a feeling of tension created by the author, a reader's sense of curiosity about impending events in the story | 33 | |
| 10575822704 | foreshadowing | hints the author gives about later events in the story | 34 | |
| 10575822705 | paradox | when two opposing or contradictory ides are being simultaneously explored | 35 | |
| 10575822706 | internal conflict | conflict experienced by a character that does not involve others; usually a moral struggle | 36 | |
| 10575822707 | external conflict | conflict where a character struggles against an outside force-another person, a physical obstacle, or society itself | 37 | |
| 10575822708 | setting | place & time (time of day + historical period) of a story | 38 | |
| 10575822709 | oxymoron | when two opposing terms are placed next to each other; a compressed paradox | 39 | |
| 10575822710 | style | distinct, identifiable patterns in an author's writing | 40 | |
| 10575822711 | satire | writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals, ideas, institutions, social conventions, etc. | 41 | |
| 10575822712 | rhetorical question | a question asked of a reader or listener that has an implied answer | 42 | |
| 10575822713 | persona | a character in a literary work created by the author through which the author conveys his/her perception | 43 | |
| 10575822714 | parallelism | when the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure & length | 44 | |
| 10575822715 | motive | a reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech | 45 | |
| 10575822716 | motif | a recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature | 46 | |
| 10575822717 | juxtaposition | a poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another for effect | 47 | |
| 10575822718 | flashback | an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier accurence | 48 | |
| 10575822719 | epiphany | a sudden realization or flash of insight | 49 | |
| 10575822720 | archetype | original model or pattern from which other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life | 50 | |
| 10575822721 | ambiguous | when an author leaves something intentionally vague or undetermined in order to open up multiple possible meanings | 51 | |
| 10575822722 | analogy | extended comparison of two different concepts | 52 |
