Literary Element Review
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| Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
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| Characterization | the creation or construction of a fictional character.
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| Conflict | a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
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| Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
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| Figurative Language | creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas.
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| Flashback | a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
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| Foreshadowing | be a warning or indication of a future event
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| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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| Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
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| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
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| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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| Mood | the emotion the author strives to evoke in the reader.
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| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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| Point of View | the narrator's position in relation to a story being told.
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| Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
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| Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
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| Symbol | a literary device in which a writer uses one thing—usually a physical object or phenomenon—to represent something more abstract.
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| Theme | The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work
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| Tone | the mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can
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| Setting | the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
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