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GS Literary Terms
GS - Language Arts - Literary Terms
Question | Answer |
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Jargon | Specialized vocab that pertains to a certain lifestyle. (fuzz = cops) , (weed = cigarette). 1960's "slang": Heater: Gun |
Epiphany | When a chracter goes through a drastic change; He/She changes mostly for the better after a certain situation or experience. |
Simile | A comparison using like or as. |
Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as. |
Irony | Something that happens that you don't expect to happen. |
Verbal Irony | What is said |
Dramatic Irony | The audience knows. |
Situational Irony | If a situation is ironic |
Allusion | A reference made in a story to another literary source (or something the reader should be knowledgeable about). |
Foreshadowing | A hint to something that is going to happen. |
Theme | The main idea of the story. |
Foil | A contrast of chracters (usually one is good, one is bad). |
Flashback | when a chracter remebers or recalls something thta has happened which is important somehow to the story. |
Mood | The feeling the author creates. (Edgar Allen Poe- dark, scary). |
Symbol | Something that represents something else. (An idea, etc...) |
Motif/symbol | Corvair/mustang = power, prestige, social accetability. |
Switchblade | (Two-Bit) - Power, defense, fear, independence. |
Dialect | A way of speaking in a certain geographical location. (y'all - South) |