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English Lit #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foreshadowing | Little hints about what is going to happen later in the story |
| Symbol | Anything that stands for something else |
| Dialogue | A conversation is a piece of literature |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration |
| Flashback | A shift in a story to an earlier event that interrupts the normal development of the story |
| Setting | Time and place the story occurs |
| Onomatopoeia | Word's sound imitates it's meaning |
| Archetype | Repetition of consonant sound |
| Formulate | Plan, make it, put it together, put to this, add up, create, develop, build, invent, ect. |
| Gothic Fiction | Genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance |
| Metaphor | Comparing to unlike things without "like" or "as" |