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the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot ex: Every Pixar movie has some object or character from another movie foreshadowing that the all somehow connect.
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foreshadowing
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Tone is a feeling or atmosphere the author has meant to set in the story or towards a subject. ex: Movies will have background music causing suspense.
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tone
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atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage ex: When the reader gets upset and throws their book due to the characters choices.
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mood
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The sequence of events in a story Ex: The plot is what makes up the whole story.
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plot
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where and when the story takes place ex: The setting of Narnia takes place in both the real world and a different world.
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setting
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writing which ridicules society, a group, a social institution, etc., in order to reveal a weakness, A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change. ex: Saturday Night Live is famous for their satire.
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satire
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a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell ex: The icy wind scratched at his pink cheeks.
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imagery
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the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character ex: As you read father into the story you begin to discover things about the character.
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characterization
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when reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning ex: How the Titanic was said to be unsinkable yet still sunk.
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irony
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the perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient) ex: The book "The Maze Runner" is written in third person.
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point of view
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repetition of sounds at the end of words ex: The pup is in the cup.
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rhyme
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The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work ex: One of the themes from The Maze Runner is that sometimes you have to take risks in order to make it out alive.
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theme
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Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis ex: A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
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Repetition
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A long speech in a play or story that others can hear, delivered by a single person ex: Usually how villians tell their backstory, their reason for their plan, and their plan.
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monologue
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A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. ex:
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soliloquy
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Chief character in a dramatic or narrative work, usually trying to accomplish some objective or working toward some goal. ex: Batman is the protagonist.
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protagonist
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A character or force in conflict with the main character ex: The Joker is the antagonist.
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antagonist
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A recurring theme, subject or idea ex: In The Maze Runner, they tend to talk about the Grievers a lot.
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motif
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A writer's or speaker's choice of words ex: The choice of words Tonya Hurley uses in the story Ghost Girls shows that the character isn't very social and isn't very sure what to do or say.
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diction
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the literal or dictionary definition of a word ex: The denotation of chill is to make someone cold.
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dennotation
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All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests ex: Some people us chill to tell someone to calm down.
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connotation
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A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response ex: Superman.
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archetype
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A brief story or tale told by an author or character in a piece of literature ex: In the movie Avatar, in the beginning of the movie Jake is briefly telling of his brother and the program.
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anecdote
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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases clauses or sentences. ""We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France" ex: It was the best time, it was the worst time.
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anaphora
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A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way ex: She was as quiet as a mouse.
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analogy
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A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions ex: In The Hunger Games, Katniss represents hope.
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allegory
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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. ex: "Stop acting like my best friend"
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allusion
