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To Kill a Mockingbird Literary Elements
Term | Definition |
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Characterization | the act of creating and developing a character |
Direct Characterization | the author states a character's trait |
Indirect Characterization | we read the words/thoughts/actions of a character; we read descriptions of a character's appearance |
Flashback | a section of a literary work that interrupts the chronological presentation of events to relate an event from an early time |
Allusion | a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work or work of art |
Simile | a direct comparison between two subjects using either "like" or "as" |
Narrator | person who tells the story |
Irony | a situation that ends up differently than one would have expected |
Central Idea | what the text is mainly about; a message the author is trying to convey |
Hyperbole | extremely exaggeration |
Metaphor | comparison when author states that one thing is another thing |