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Mood
the emotional response that the writer wants to evoke in the reader through story - reader connect with story
Tone
Author’s attitude towards a certain topic - word choice
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
onomatopoeia
sound associated with what is named - pop
Dramatic irony
point in the story where the reader knows more than the characters
oxymoron
figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear - deafening silence or organized mess
Situational irony
opposite of what was expected
Human vs society
character against the human world
Human vs nature
character struggling against the physical world
Human vs human
2 characters fighting
Human vs self
internal
Human vs supernatural
conflict with a god (or god form) - religious
Human vs technology
character against robots/machines
Freytag’s pyramid order
exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
conclusion
personification
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
metaphor
comparison (something is something else)
simile
comparison (something is like/as something)
symbol
symbols representing ideas
direct characterization
straightforward description
indirect characterization
description through actions/thoughts
plot
series of events related to a central topic
Character/Characterization
individuals taking part in the action
creating/describing a character
setting
time/place of when the story occurs
conflict
internal/external
POV 1st/3rd
1: someone doing/witnessing action
3: outside (observing)
Limited POV (3rd)
only narrator/ single character revealed
Omniscient POV (3rd)
all characters revealed
theme
central idea about life revealed through literary work
symbol
object/person has a literal meaning, but suggests/represents something else
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