AP terms 3

	Narrative form in which characters and actions have meaning outside themselves; characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities.
	Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects.
	A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. "Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man health, wealthy, and wise."
	A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.
	A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.
	Bringing to an end or conclusion.
	The reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn form set of premises and contains no more facts than these premises.
	Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson.
	Quote set at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme.
	Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or blunt. e.g. using "passed away" for "dead".
	Retrospection, where an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronolgy of a narrative.
	Aristotle's term for the main character's tragic flaw or error in judgement.
	Refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, requiring filling in past details by exposition or flashback.
	The implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another unlike itself without the use of a verbal signal such as like or as. One thing is pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them.
	The "character" who "tells" the story.
	A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.
	The view the reader gets of the action and characters in a story.
	Repeating or repeated action.
	The time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play.
	The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. It is sentence structure and how it influences the way a reader perceives a piece of writing.
	Deliberate expression of an idea or event as less important than it actually is or was.
	a play on words