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| 82449621 | setting | time, place and social context in which a story takes place | |
| 82449622 | symbol | an image that is itself but also stands for something more | |
| 82449623 | situational irony | what we expect and what happens are not the same | |
| 82449624 | repetition | use of key words, phrases, or ideas more than once, in close proximity | |
| 82449625 | sound devices | any of a number of literary elements such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc. (part of figurative language) | |
| 82449626 | theme | main idea of a work of literature | |
| 82449627 | syntax | the way words and phrases are connected to form sentences | |
| 82449628 | structure | the organized, planned framework of a piece of literature | |
| 82449629 | stereotyped character | stock character; character created to represent some standard archetypes | |
| 82449630 | slang | informal words and expressions | |
| 82449631 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | |
| 82449632 | cliche | an overused expression that has lost meaning such as quick as lightning | |
| 82449633 | antagonist | character in opposition to the protagonist | |
| 82449634 | assonance | repetition of the same vowel sounds in close proximity | |
| 82449635 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | |
| 82449636 | diction | word choice | |
| 82449637 | dramatic irony | the reader or audience knows more than the characters | |
| 82449638 | consonance | repeated consonant sounds; not at the beginning of words | |
| 82449639 | imagery | language that appeals to the five senses; creating pictures with words | |
| 82449640 | metaphor | a comparison of two dissimilar items through direct comparision | |
| 82449641 | onomatopoeia | words that sound like they are spelled and create aural imagery like fizz and whirr | |
| 82449642 | tragedy | a work of literature that raises emotions of pity and fear and shows the fall of a noble person | |
| 82449643 | verbal irony | saying one thing but really meaning another | |
| 82449644 | vernacular | common every day language | |
| 82449645 | point of view | the vantage from which a story is told: first or third person, omniscient (objective), limited, or not at all | |
| 82449646 | protagonist | the main character in a story | |
| 82449647 | parallel events | events that are similar in scope | |
| 82449648 | climax | the point of highest tension in a plot | |
| 82449649 | characterization | how a character acts and talks, what other characters say about him, and how others react to him | |
| 82449650 | simile | an explicit comparison between two unlike things signaled by the use of like or as | |
| 82449651 | personification | attributing human qualities to an inanimate object | |
| 82449652 | oxymoron | contradiction; two contradictory terms or ideas used together | |
| 82449653 | paradox | a statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth | |
| 82449654 | parallelism | expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures | |
| 82449656 | irony | Using a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its literal or normal meaning. | |
| 82449657 | hyperbole | exaggeration; deliberation exaggeration for emphasis | |
| 83347714 | foreshadowing | Hints or clues about what will happen later in the plot of a story. | |
| 83347715 | idiom | A phrase or an expression that means something different from what the words actually say. Ex. "over his head" for didn't understand. | |
| 83347716 | novella | A prose work longer than the standard short story, but shorter and less complex than a full length novel. | |
| 83347717 | motif | The term for an often repeated idea or theme in a piece of literature. | |
| 83347718 | figurative language | Language used to create a special effect or feeling through use of rhythms, sounds, and images. | |
| 83347719 | dialect | The language of people from a certain community or region. | |
| 83347720 | allusion | A literary reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. | |
| 83347721 | allegory | A story in which people, things, and actions represent and idea or a generalization about life; it often has a strong moral or lesson. |
