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| A literary work in which persons, events, objects represent or stand for something else |
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| An indirect or casual reference to a famous person, event, or literary work with which the reader is assumed to be familiar |
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| A point-by-point comparison by 2 dissimilar things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar |
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| Rival or opponent of the Protagonist |
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| Prevailing mood created by setting a tone; emotional background |
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| Techniques employed by the author to develop the characters 5 methods: phys. description, dialogue, actions, reactions of others' thoughts/feelings |
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| Point of highest intensity or turning point of the action |
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| Struggle between opposing forces: External- Human v. Human, Human v. Nature, Human v. Society Internal- Human v. Him/Herself |
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| Emotional response evoked by a word |
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| Objective dictionary definition |
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| Conversation between 2 or more characters |
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| Writer's choice of words; a significant component of style |
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| Irony perceived by an audience; when a character makes statements not fully understood by the character; when the reader knows information that the character doesn't |
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| Sharing physical and emotional feelings |
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| Background information; information necessary to the reader placed in the story |
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| Two unlike objects comapared at some length |
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| A brief tale in prose or poetry |
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| Language that's not meant to be taken literally |
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| An interruption in the narrative flow in order to present scenes or incidents that occurred prior to the work |
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| One character presents a striking contrast to another |
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| Hints or clues of what will occur later in the narrative |
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| Categories of literary works |
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| Figure of speech characterized by exaggeration- not to be taken literally |
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| Words or phrases which create vivid sensory impressions |
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| Something implied, not stated |
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| A rhetorical device in which the author conveys a meaning just the opposite of what is said or expected |
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| A brief, concise statement usually containing practical wisdom or advice |
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| A figure of speech implying a comparison between objects of different classes or categories by saying one object is another |
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| Feeling or atmosphere the author creates |
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| Recurring thematic element i.e. death or music, etc. |
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| Realistic fiction developed in France, America, and England in the late 19th century. Human beings are like puppets: controlled by external and internal forces. No free will. |
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| A short story told to illustrate a moral lesson, such as "The Good Samaritan" |
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| A statement that appears to be absurd or self-contradictory, but is true on a higher level |
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| A humorous literary work that ridicules a serious work by imitating and exaggerating its style |
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| Planned sequence of events in fiction |
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| Vantage point of the author; 1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient |
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| Central character; opposite of the Antagonist |
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| Truthful imitation of actual life; important literary movement in the latter half of the 19th century |
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| Denouement; final unraveling of the plot |
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| A question posed which doesn't expect an answer |
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| Movement in the arts in the 19th century in which writers glorify nature, idealized the past, and celebrated human expression; emotional rather than reasonable |
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| Use of sarcasm or irony to ridicule; foolish ideas are ridiculed for the purpose of improving Society |
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| A figure of speech in which one object is said to be like another |
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| Time and place; also social and moral environment |
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| Something which conforms to a fixed or general pattern without distinguishing qualities; a standardized mental picture |
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| Stream of Consciousnesses |
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| Interior monologue; inner thoughts recorded, but not structured |
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| One object stands for something greater |
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| Universal truth contained in a work- not just a word |
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| Author's attitude toward the subject and/or audience; author's mood and moral view |
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