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| a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |
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a concrete object in a work which has more than its literal significance (also represents something abstract) |
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| the character or force whose opposition to the protagonist is the main source of conflict |
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| an indication of the events to come |
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| a series of intervening events, showing cause and effect, making up the total action of a work |
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| the central message of a literary work; it is a generalization about human beings or about life |
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| the attitude of the author toward the reader and the subject |
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| the turning point of the action; the moment when the action reaches its highest point of conlflict or tension |
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| the main character in the work |
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| the meeting of two opposing forces; may be interior, exterior, or between a character and some other force like nature, or God |
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| the time, place, and other circumstances which form the physical background of a work |
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the formal pattern of work |
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| is relatively simple and usually has only one trait; static |
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embodies several traits that cohere to find a complex personality |
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| the opening portion that sets the scene, introduces the main characters, tells us what happened before teh story opened, provides background information that we need in order to understand and care about the events to follow |
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| how the author narrates the story |
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| some moment of insight, discovery or revelation by which a character's life, or view of life, is greatly altered |
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| COMING OF AGE/INITIATION STORY |
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| a story which tells of a character initiated into experience or maturity |
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| the state of having more than one possible meaning |
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| the speech pattern of a region or class |
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| a category of literary work (fiction, poetry, drama) |
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| the production of sense appeal through the use of figurative language |
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| a literary device which presents a conflict between appearance and reality; may be intentional or unintentional on the part of a character |
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| a discrepancy between the real and the expected |
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| a statement which has the opposite of the intended meaning |
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| the ridiculing of customs or mores, usually comic in tone |
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| can enter the mind of any character |
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| the depiction of an incident which occurred before the opening of a work |
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| a figure of speech in which two things are compared with the use of "like" or "as" |
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| a figure of speech in which two things are compared without the use of "like" or "as" |
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