7767193231 | Allusion | A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification | 0 | |
7767193232 | Juxtaposition | the arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development | 1 | |
7767193233 | Anthropomorphism | which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects | 2 | |
7767193234 | Imagery | A common term of variable meaning, imagery includes the "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature | 3 | |
7767193235 | Visual Imagery | imagery that invokes colors, shapes, or things that can be seen | 4 | |
7767193236 | Auditory Imagery | Descriptive language that evokes noise, music, or other sounds | 5 | |
7767193237 | Kinesthetic Imagery | the representation of the actions and movements of an object or a character | 6 | |
7767193238 | Olfactory Imagery | imagery dealing with scent | 7 | |
7767193239 | Gustatory Imagery | imagery dealing with taste | 8 | |
7767193240 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 9 | |
7767193241 | situational irony | in which accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate, such as the poetic justice of a pickpocket getting his own pocket picked | 10 | |
7767193242 | Verbal Irony | which a speaker makes a statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply from the meaning that the words ostensibly express | 11 | |
7767193243 | dramatic irony | involves a situation in a narrative in which the reader knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know | 12 | |
7767193244 | Foreshawdowing | Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative | 13 | |
7767193245 | Mood | in literature, a feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind—especially the predominating atmosphere or tone of a literary work | 14 | |
7767193246 | Motif | A conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, a reference, or verbal formula, which appears frequently in works of literature | 15 | |
7767193247 | Symbol | A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level | 16 | |
7767193248 | Contextual Symbol | A unique or original symbol an author creates within the context of an individual work or an author's collected works | 17 | |
7767193249 | Cultural Symbol | A symbol widely or generally accepted as meaning something specific within an entire culture or social group, as opposed to a contextual symbol created by a single author | 18 | |
7767193250 | Theme | A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work | 19 | |
7767193251 | Thesis | is an argument, either overt or implicit, that a writer develops and work | 20 | |
7767193252 | Tone | the means of creating a relationship or conveying an attitude or mood | 21 |
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