IB Literary Terms 

1. ==allegory==- story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning/ the whole story is symbolic
2. @@allusion@@- an indirect reference
3. ambiguity- having more than one possible meaning at the same time
4. %%antithesis%%- expresses opposite or contrasting ideas
5. ^^apostrophe^^- talking to someone who isn’t really there
6. ==catharsis==- process of releasing emotions & providing relief
7. @@characterization@@- how author reveals different qualities of a character throughout the story
8. conflict- tensions or struggles experienced by the characters (internal or external)
9. %%connotation%%- association, implications, or suggestions evoked by a word or phrase
   10. ^^denotation^^- actual or literal definition of a word
   11. ==dialogue==- direct speech or conversation between characters in a story
   12. @@diction@@- an author’s choice of words
   13. epiphany- a sudden realization or divine intervention
   14. %%flashback%%- a return to a memory of a character
   15. ^^foil^^- an opposite or contrast
   16. ==graphic weight (graphic novel)== - the way some images draw the eye more than others
   17. @@hubris@@- excessive pride (a fault of a character)
   18. hyperbole- an exaggeration
   19. %%imagery%%- an author’s description/ “painting the picture”
   20. ^^dramatic irony^^- when the audience knows the truth but the characters don’t
   21. ==situational irony==- a striking reversal of what’s expected or intended
   22. @@metaphor@@- an IMPLIED COMPARISON between two unlike objects
   23. monologue- a long speech by one person during a conversation
   24. %%motif%%- a common theme or recurring idea
   25. ^^narrator^^- voice telling the story
   26. ==objective pov==- narrator is NOT involved with the story
   27. @@omniscient po@@v- narrator assumes an “all knowing” perspective on the story
   28. panels- distinct segment of the comic
   29. %%parallelism%%- structural similarity or conceptual similarity throughout a story/ poem
   30. ^^pastiche^^- taking inspiration or mimicking another thing
   31. ==personification==- giving human characteristics to a non human thing
   32. @@prose@@- anything in literature besides poems (written in sentences & paragraphs)
   33. rhyme scheme- an author’s rhyming pattern
   34. %%setting%%- where & when a story takes place
   35. ^^soliloquy^^- speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself
   36. ==stage direction==- an instruction in the text of a play indicating movement
   37. @@stanza@@- sections a poem is broken into
   38. stream of consciousness- a character’s unedited thoughts & expressions
   39. %%symbol%%- an object that represents an idea
   40. ^^syntax^^- the arrangement & ordering of words in a sentence
   41. ==tone==- the writer’s attitude as expressed by word choice
   42. @@tragic flaw@@- flaw in character that brings about their downfall or tragedy

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