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