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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Metaphor | A comparison that doesn't use like or as |
| Simile | A comparison that uses like or as |
| Hyperbole | A huge exaggeration |
| Allusion | A reference to something often literary |
| Tragedy | A serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror |
| Exposition | Designed to convey information or explain what is difficult to understand |
| Rising Action | The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax |
| Climax | The turning point in a plot or dramatic action |
| Conclusion | The close or last part; the end or finish |
| Personification | Giving inanimate object human characteristics |
| Imagery | The use of description that helps the reader imagine how something looks, sounds, feels, smells or taste |
| Symbolism | The use of one things to represent another |
| Flashback | An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use |
| Irony | Language that conveys a certain idea by saying just the opposite |
| Foreshadowing | A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story |
| Characterization | Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches |
| Resolution | A resolving to do something |
| Assonance | The repetition of a vowel |
| Alliteration | Repetition of first consonants in a group of words |
| Rhyme | Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words |
| Theme | The central idea of a work |
| Pun | The use of a word in a way that plays on its different meanings |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
| Malapropism | Misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound |
| Paradox | A seeming contradiction |
| Subtext | |
| Narrative | Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story |
| Memoir | An account of the personal experiences of an author |
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