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Literary Elements

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A reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing   Allusion  
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The use in a literary work of clues or hints that suggests events that will happen later in a story   Foreshadowing  
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The story leads the reader to expect one thing but the opposite happens; a contrast between appearance and reality   Irony  
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The quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events   Suspense  
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The feeling, emotion the author creates for his readers   Mood  
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The use of any object, person, place or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself such as a quality, attitude, belief or value   Symbol  
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The actual words that characters speak; used to portray character and dramatize conflict   Dialogue  
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A central message or insight into life revealed through the work; a lesson about life   Theme  
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An interruption in chronological order with events that occurred earlier; a scene from the past is relived   Flashback  
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A device in which words, sounds, and/or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis   Repetition  
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The writer's attitude toward his subject; often described by a single adjective   Tone  
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The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch   Imagery  
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The perspective from which a story is told   Point of view  
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Narrator is not a character in story but knows everything about all of the characters   Third person omniscient point of view  
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The narrator is one of the characters in the story   First person point of view  
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Narrator is not a character in story but knows everything about one of the characters   Third person limited point of view  
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A character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story   dynamic character  
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A character that does not grow or change throughout the story; one that stays the same   Static character  
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A struggle between two opposing forces; central source of tension   conflict  
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when elements of a statement contradict each other; may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd but turns out to reveal a hidden truth   paradox  
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the character who is the exact opposite of the main character and therefor serves to maginfy certain characteristics of the main character.   Foil character  
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