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Final Exam Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| point of view | who is telling the story and how it is told |
| theme | the overall meaning that the author conveys through events and characters' experiences |
| characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character |
| mood | dominant emotion that the reader takes from the story - description, language and tone contribute to the mood |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison |
| imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
| irony | a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated |