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Literature devices
Exam Questions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foreshadowing | LIttle hints about what is going to happen later in a story. |
| Symbol | anything that stands for something else |
| Dialogue | a conversation in a piece of literature. |
| Hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| Flashback | a shift in a story to an earlier event that interrupts the normal development of the story. |
| Setting | time and place a story occurs |
| Onomatopoeia | word’s sound imitates its meaning |
| Archetype | Model of person, personality, or behavior. |
| Parody | humorous imitation of a previous literally work. |
| Alliteration | repetition of the consonant sound. |
| Formulate | plan, make it, put it together, put to this, add up, create, develop, build, invent, etc. |
| Gothic Fiction | genre of literature, that contains elements of both horror romance.. |
| Point of view | The person who tells the story and how it is told. |
| Characterization | Process of creating a character in fiction. |
| Pun | A humourous substitution of words that are alike in sound but different in meaning |
| Proverb | simple saying that is popularly known and repeated which expresses truth |
| Irony | The difference between the way something appears and what is actually true |
| Static Character | A character who does not change throughout story |
| Describe | Tell about it,paint a picture with words, paint me a picture, what does it look like, tell what, tell more, list attributes, illustrate, show |
| Simile | Comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| Tragedy | Drama in which the main characters is brought to ruin or death |
| Exposition | introductory material that gives important background into the story |
| Tragic Hero | Character who makes an error in judgement that leads to their |
| Fable | Short Allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by mean of animal characters that speaks and act like an animal |
| diction | choice or use of words in speech or writing |
| genre | different types of writing |
| Allegory | story that communicates its message by means of symbolic figures |
| parable | brief story that illustrates a moral or religious belief |
| support | prove it: explain why gives examples |
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