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lit elements

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irony   when one thing is expected to happen or be and the exact opposite occurs.  
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symbol   the use of any object, person, place or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself  
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foreshadowing   the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur  
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setting   the background against which action takes place  
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mood   the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage  
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imagery   the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions...by appealing to the five senses  
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protagonist   the central character and focus of interest who is trying to accomplish or overcome an adversity  
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antagonist   the character opposing the protagonist  
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simile   a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as  
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metaphor   a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as  
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personification   writing that gives animals, inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics  
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pun   a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply different meanings.  
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oxymoron   a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression  
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hyperbole   a deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration  
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inciting incident   interrupts the peace and balance of the situation, and one or more of the characters comes into conflict with an outside force, himself, or another character  
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onomatopoeia   a word that imitates the sound it represents  
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verbal irony   saying one thing and meaning another  
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situational irony   events turn out differently than expected  
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dramatic   when the audience knows more than the characters  
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