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Unit 3 LiteraryTerms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| setting | time and place of a story |
| shift | change in movement in a piece resulting from a realization or insight |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| sound devices | techniques that convey meaning through sound |
| structure | organization of literary selection |
| style | way a writer uses language |
| suspense | quality that makes the reader tense about the outcome |
| symbol | any object, person, or place that stands for something |
| synecdoche | a part of something is used to signify a whole |
| syntax | arrangement of words and grammatical elements in a sentence |
| theme | the central message |
| tone | the writers attitude towards a subject character or audience |
| understatement | deliberately represent something as being much less |
| context clue | when you figure out a words meaning by the way it is used |
| rhetorical question | a question that doesn't require an answer |