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Literary devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imagery | writing that involves one or more one of the senses |
| sonnet | lyric poem consisting of 14 lines |
| tone | authors attitude about his/her subject |
| mood | how the reader feels after reading a piece of literature |
| climax | dramatic high of story |
| protagonist | hero or central character in a piece of literature |
| plot | sequence of events in a story |
| short story | a fully developed theme but shorter than a novel |
| satire | literary work that blends a critical attitude with humor so that humanity may be improved |
| analyze | take apart, figure it out, examine |
| rising action | events that lead to the climax |
| foreshadowning | little hints about what is going to happen later in a story |
| symbol | anything that stands for something else |
| Dialogue | a conversation in 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 a story occurs |
| onomatopoeia | words sound imitates its meaning |
| archetype | model of person, personality, or behavior |
| parody | humorous imitation of a previous literary work |
| alliteration | repetition of the consonant sound |
| formulate | plan, make it, put it together, put to this, add up, create, develop, build, invent |
| gothic fiction | genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance |
| metaphor | compares two things without like or as |
| POV | the person who tells the story and how it is told. |
| characterization | process of resting a character in fiction |
| pun | humorous substitution of words that are alike in sounds but different in meaning |
| proverb | simple saying that is popularly known and repeated which express truth |
| irony | the difference between the way something appears and what is actually true |
| static character | a character who does not change throughout story |
| describe | tell about it, paint a picture with words, paint me a picture, what does it look like, tell what, tell more, list attributes, illustrate, show |
| simile | comparison between two things using like or as |
| tragedy | drama in which that main character is brought to ruin or death |
| exposition | introductory material that gives important background into the story |
| tragic hero | character who makes an error in judgement that lead to his/her own destruction |
| antagonist | person or force who struggles with the protagonist |
| couplet | two consecutive line of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter |
| motif | recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work |
| fable | short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters that speak and act like humans |
| diction | choice or use of words in speech or writing |
| genre | different types of writing |
| allegory | story that communicates its message by means of symbolic figures |
| parable | brief story that illustrates a moral or religious belief |
| support | prove it, explain why, give examples |
| stream of consciousness | rambling flow of one's ideas which gains intimate access to deep thoughts |
| epithet | adjective which expresses a quality or attribute considered characteristic of a person or thing |
| paradox | seemingly contradictory statement that many nonetheless be true |
| authors purpose | when a writer explains, persuades, or entertains the reader |
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