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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| figurative language | language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meaning of words |
| simile | a figure of speech in which makes a direct comparison between two basically unlike objects using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically alike but that have something in common |
| personification | a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. |
| Irony | Contrast between appearance and reality or between the expected outcome and the actual outcome |
| Situational irony | The contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens |
| Dramatic irony | Where the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know. |
| Verbal Ironty | When a character says one thing and means another or when someone knowingly exaggerates |
| Flashback | A conversation, an episode, or an event that happened before the beginning of the story; it often interrupts the chronological flow of a story to give the reader information to help in understand the character's present situation. |
| Foreshadowing | A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in a plot. |
| Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself but is true. |
| Satire | A literary technique in which ideas or customs are ridiculed. |
| Symbol | A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself; the use of symbols to represent something abstract. |
| Plot | Sequence of events in a story |
| Conflict | Problem(s) to be solved; usually be identified as one of the four kids (man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs self). |
| Exposition | Refers to the method of narrating a short story. |
| Rising action | A series of events that build from conflict. it begins with the inciting force and with the climax. |
| Climax | The turning point in the story. Frequently it is the moment of the highest interest and greatest emotion. The point at which the outcome of the conflict can be predicted. |
| Resolution | The solution to the conflict/problem. Rounds out and concludes action. |
| Characters | People, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action. |
| Protagonist | Main character in a literary work. |
| Antagonist | The character or force that opposed the protagonist. |
| Static character | They do not change in the course of the story. |
| Dynamic character | A character who grows or progresses to a higher level of understanding. |
| Setting | The introductory material which give the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understand the story. |
| Point of view | A central message or insight into life reveal through the literary work. (themes can be revealed by the work's title, key phrases and statements about big ideas, and the ways characters change and the lessons they learn about life.) |
| First Person | The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees is told by other characters. He can't tell us thoughts of other characters. |
| Third person objective | The narrator is an outside who sees into the mind of one of the characters. |
| Third person limited | The narrator is an outside who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can't tell us the thoughts of the characters. |
| Omniscient | The narrator is all-knowing outsider who sees into the minds of more than one of the characters. |
| Theme | The particular time and place in which the events occur which help to establish the mood (atmosphere). |
| Tone | The attitude a writer takes toward a subject. Tone reflects the writer's feelings. |
| Mood | Intended to shape the reader's emotional response. |
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