combination of place, historical time, and social environment that provides background for characters and plot of a literary work

authors use of an element, character, or event to influence the reader, to further the plot or to create irony

character remains the same at end as at the beginning of story

character remains the same at end as at beginning of story events in the plot

character who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics of another

clues to suggest events that will come later in a literary work

discrepancy between expectation and reality; a happening contrary to that which is appropriate or expected

discrepency between a characyers perception and what the reader or audience knows to be true

saying the opposite of what one means

those images, figures, character types, settings, and story patters that are universally shared by people across culturesq

particular words chosen for use in a work, or the plan that seems to govern word choice

sensory language; descriptive language used to create word pictures for the reader; sensory words appealing to sight, sound, smell, taste, touch

An indirect reference, often to a person event statement theme or work (mythology religion history, science, art , etc.) that an author expects the reader to understand and apply. Allusions enrich meaning through the connotations they carry.

placement of two items ( scenes, descriptions, events, etc. ) side by side for effect, emphasis, or contrast

the use of symbols to represent abstract ideas in concrete ways

rhetorical figure involving a play on words that capitalizes on a similarity in spelling and or pronunciation between words that have multiple meanings

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literary terms

Term	Definition
character name meanings
setting name meanings
coming of age
stock phrases
whats a gentlemen
victorian era
parallel structure
setting	combination of place, historical time, and social environment that provides background for characters and plot of a literary work
anaphora
dramatic purpose	authors use of an element, character, or event to influence the reader, to further the plot or to create irony
static character	character remains the same at end as at the beginning of story
dynamic character	character remains the same at end as at beginning of story events in the plot
round character	developed, complex, many sided
flat character	lack depth and complexity
indirect character
direct character
foils character	character who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics of another
foreshadowing	clues to suggest events that will come later in a literary work
situational irony	discrepancy between expectation and reality; a happening contrary to that which is appropriate or expected
dramatic irony	discrepency between a characyers perception and what the reader or audience knows to be true
verbal irony	saying the opposite of what one means
archetypes	those images, figures, character types, settings, and story patters that are universally shared by people across culturesq
dialect	particular words chosen for use in a work, or the plan that seems to govern word choice
mood shifts
tone shifts
imagery shifts
imagery	sensory language; descriptive language used to create word pictures for the reader; sensory words appealing to sight, sound, smell, taste, touch
narrator
allusion	An indirect reference, often to a person event statement theme or work (mythology religion history, science, art , etc.) that an author expects the reader to understand and apply. Allusions enrich meaning through the connotations they carry.
Juxtaposition	placement of two items ( scenes, descriptions, events, etc. ) side by side for effect, emphasis, or contrast
symbolism	the use of symbols to represent abstract ideas in concrete ways
puns	rhetorical figure involving a play on words that capitalizes on a similarity in spelling and or pronunciation between words that have multiple meanings
metaphor

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