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