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Literary Devices #2
narrative
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama between characters or forces (problems) |
| resolution | finding an answer to a problem |
| society | an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization |
| dialogue | conversation between people |
| figurative | not literal (not word-for-word) |
| literal | limited to the explicit (straight out) meaning of a word or text |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| personification | giving human/people characteristics to abstract/nonhuman ideas |
| irony | gap/incongruity between what might be expected and what happens |
| exposition | device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience/reader |