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Lit devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sonnet | Lyric poem consisting of 14 lines |
| Tone | Authors attitude about his or her subject |
| Mood | How the reader feels after reading a piece of literature |
| Short story | A fully developed theme but shorter than a novel |
| Satire | Literary work that blends a critical attitude with humor so that humanity may be improved |
| Analyze | Take apart, figure out, examine |
| Analogy | Comparison made to show similarity |
| Dynamic | Character who undergoes an important change |
| Infer | Hint, read between the lines, suggest |
| Allusion | Reference to a person, event, place, or phrase |
| Oxymoron | Figure of speech that seems to be self-contradictory |
| Trace | Copy, outline, follow the path of or map out |
| Foil | Characteristics that are opposed to those of another character |
| Evaluate | Judge, score, rank, judge quality |
| Symbol | Anything that stands for something else |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration |
| Onomatopoeia | Word's sound that imitates its meaning |
| Archetype | Model of person, personality, or behavior |
| Parody | Humorous imitation of previous literary work |
| Alliteration | Repetition of constant sound |
| Formulate | Plan, make it, put it together, put to this, add up, create, develop, build, invent |
| Gothic fiction | Combines elements of both horror and romance |
| Metaphor | NOT like or as |
| Point of view | The person who tells the story and how its told |
| Pun | Humorous 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 | Character that does not change |
| Describe | Tell about it, paint a picture with words, paint me a picture, tell what, tell more |
| Simile | YES like or as |
| Tragedy | Drama where main character is brought to ruin or death |
| Tragic Hero | Character who makes an error in judgement that leads to his or her own destruction |
| Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter |
| Motif | Recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work |
| Fable | Making a moral point, means of animal characters that speak and act like humans |
| 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 it, give examples |
| Stream of consciousness | Rambling flow of ones ideas which gains intimate access to deep thoughts |
| Epithet | Adjective which expresses a quality or attribute considered characteristic of a person or thing |
| Paradox | Seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true |
| Author's purpose | When a writer explains, persuades, or entertains the reader |
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