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| 10726151299 | Allegory | A story within a story. It has a "surface story" and another story hidden underneath. Ex: Ripe Figs: about a girl waiting for figs to ripen to see her cousin. It is also about learning patience, growing older, and maturity. | 0 | |
| 10726271823 | Archetype | -An idea, symbol, pattern, or character-type, in a story. -Any story element that appears again and again in stories from cultures around the world and symbolizes something universal in the human experience. -Character archetypes. Ex: the "Hero" the "Trickster" the "Anti-Hero" etc. - Situational archetypes. Ex: Lost love, returning from the dead, orphans destined for greatness. - Symbolic archetypes: Ex: trees- archetypal symbol of nature. Fire- archetypal symbol representing destruction. | 1 | |
| 10726285138 | Confidant | -revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and intentions of a main character. -Helps the protagonist achieve his or her goal. | 2 | |
| 10726300821 | Cosmic irony | -Irony involving fate. When a situation is opposite of what is expected. -Fate and destiny, or even gods, control and play with human hopes and desires | 3 | |
| 10726329283 | Denouement | -Very end of a story -Happens right after the climax -Can give some hints as to what will happen next. Ex: - ...and they lived happily ever after | 4 | |
| 10726358540 | Diction | -Word choice and phrasing -Ex: words like "yea" and "thy," using contractions or avoiding them (formal diction), etc. | 5 | |
| 10726375862 | Direct characterization | -Tells the audience what the personality of the character is in a straightforward manner. -Ex: he was a large man. | 6 | |
| 10726427850 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something is going to happen but a character/characters in the story may not. | 7 | |
| 10726436972 | Exposition | The first paragraph or paragraphs in which the characters, setting (time and place), and basic information is introduced. | 8 | |
| 10726462279 | Indirect Characterization | -the author showing the audience what kind of person a character is through the character's thoughts, words, and deeds. -This requires the audience to make inferences | 9 | |
| 10726467623 | In medias res | -"In the middle of things" -Beginning a story by plunging into a critical situation that is part of a related chain of events. Narrator then goes directly forward and earlier events are supplied by flashbacks. | 10 | |
| 10726493197 | Horatian | This type of satire makes fun of things in a soft or even loving manner. It's usually a form of parody that is intended to make people think. | 11 | |
| 10726517064 | Juvenilian | Satire that tends to be harsh, bitter, and even obscene | 12 | |
| 10726535977 | Objective Point of View | -Reader has access to nobody's thoughts. | 13 | |
| 10726572114 | Stock Character | A stereotypical character | 14 | |
| 10726586576 | Story of initiation | coming of age stories (when a character is maturing) Ex: Ripe Figs | 15 | |
| 10726594252 | Stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 16 | |
| 10726602015 | Unreliable narrator | a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted | 17 | |
| 10726609414 | Verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 18 |