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| 14513689995 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 14513689996 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 14513689997 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 2 | |
| 14513689998 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 3 | |
| 14513689999 | Voice | A writers distinctive use of language | 4 | |
| 14513690000 | Characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 5 | |
| 14513690001 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story | 6 | |
| 14513690002 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | 7 | |
| 14513690003 | flat character | A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | 8 | |
| 14513690004 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says | 9 | |
| 14513690005 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 10 | |
| 14513690006 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 11 | |
| 14513690007 | linear structure | something changes or progresses straight from one stage to another, and has a starting point and an ending point | 12 | |
| 14513690008 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. | 13 | |
| 14513690009 | Narrator | the person who tells the story | 14 | |
| 14513690010 | Nonlinear structure | when the plot is presented in a non-causal order, with events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards; or in any other manner that is either not chronological or not cause and effect, for example, in medias res. | 15 | |
| 14513690011 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 16 | |
| 14513690012 | plot manipulation | A situation in which an author gives the plot a twist or turn unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved | 17 | |
| 14513690013 | suspension of disbelief | a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment | 18 | |
| 14513690014 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 19 | |
| 14513690015 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 20 | |
| 14513690016 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. | 21 | |
| 14513690017 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 22 |
