English Final

Dramatic irony

contrast between expectation vs reality

Paradox

 statement seems contradictory but actually reveals an important truth

Theme

main idea / underlying meaning of story

Foreshadowing

narrative device suggest/warns of an upcoming event

Situational irony

writer lets reader know sumn contrasting from what a character doesn’t know

Anecdote

quick story usually w/ 1 theme/lesson

Suspense

uneasy feeling reader has when they don’t know what happens next

Characterization

details a writer uses to develop characters

\- direct and indirect

Metaphor

compares 2 things having something in common

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Internal conflict

 person vs self (mental)

Imagery

use of descriptive sensory details

Satire

people/foolish ideas /institutions/customs are ridiculed for purpose of improving society

\- humor used to criticize

3rd person omniscient POV

outside voice = narrator

\- can reveal more than what character/place knows/entails

External conflict

\- person vs outside force (person, society, nature, etc)

Tone

\- reflects writer’s attitude toward subject of matter

Essay

\- analytic/interpretive/ critical literary composition w/ limited (usually personal) pov

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3rd person limited POV

* outside voice = narrator
* limited to what one character knows

Symbolism

\- use of person/place/

object that has concrete meaning and stand for an idea

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Mood

\- feeling/atmosphere of story

Dialect

\- unique speech of ethnic/regional/racial group

Setting

* where/when story takes place
* symbolic

1st person POV

\- character in the story = narrator

Allegory

\- story/poem/picture can be interpreted to reveal hidden meaning (usually moral or political)