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3831390867AtmosphereThe feeling or emotional mood of a piece. Conveyed through the descriptions, settings and objects.0
3831390868ColloquialCasual slang, not necessarily grammatically correct or in the dictionary.1
3831390869ConnotationThe informal definition of a word, with the associations it conjures. Connotation can be positive, negative or neutral.2
3831390870DenotationStrict dictionary definition.3
3831390871DialectA form a language particular to a specific area.4
3831390872DialogueThe things the characters say in a book, movie, story or play.5
3831390873DictionThe way a word is used in writing.6
3831390874EpigramThe text placed by an author before the book, usually a supplementary poem fragment or saying.7
3831390875InvectiveInsulting or abusive.8
3831390876InversionReversing the pattern or relationship of things.9
3831390877Dramatic IronyA developed incongruity understood by the audience but not by the characters.10
3831390878Situation IronyWhen actions have an effect that is the opposite of the intended effect.11
3831390879Verbal IronyUsing words that mean the opposite of the intended meaning for humorous effect.12
3831390880MoodThe predominant expression or emotion in a work of literature.13
3831390881ParadoxA situation composed of two opposite things at the same time.14
3831390882ProverbA brief popular saying about how to live life.15
3831390883PunWhen more than one meaning is suggested, with humorous intent.16
3831390884SarcasmUsing words that mean the opposite of what you want to say, for humorous effect or to show irritation.17
3831390885SatireA work parodying and scorning human vices and follies.18
3831390886SlangInformal words used in everyday conversation.19
3831390887ToneThe feeling exuded by the word used in a work of literature.20
3831390888VoiceThe quality and sound of a writer's writing voice.21
3831390889AnecdoteA short retelling of an interesting, minor event.22
3831390890AnticlimaxA resolution without a climax, designed to disappoint or upset the reader's expectations.23
3831390891CharacterAn individual in a story.24
3831390892FlashbackWhen the story jumps backward, to a time before the story's current point.25
3831390893IncidentAn event in a story.26
3831390894MotivationThe cause of a character's actions.27
3831390895Narrative voiceThe voice telling the story to the reader.28
3831390896First PersonA character tells the story. Uses "I".29
3831390897ObjectiveAn unbiased, balanced narrator that simply tells the events as they happened.30
3831390898OmniscientAn all-knowing narrator.31
3831390899LimitedA narrator that is less than omniscient.32
3831390900Third personSomeone above the whole story tells it. Often, they are disembodied.33
3831390901UnlimitedAn omnisicent narrator. They know everything and everyone.34

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