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a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.
Metaphor
a comparison between two things, usually using the words 'like' and 'as'
Simile
the linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story.
Diction
refers to who is telling a story, or who is narrating it.
Point-of-View
the act of creating and describing characters in literature.
Characterization
presents new sides of a character and the plot, establish the main action, create tension, and lead to the resolution.
Conflict
occurs when the actual meaning of a word is the opposite of what is stated, thereby showing an incongruity, that is, a situation at odds with what is true or real - “Everything is fine meme”.
Irony
the time, place, and environment in which a story occurs.
Setting
the organization of a story's various elements, including plot, characters, and themes.
Structure
the use of any person, situation, or object to represent an idea of some sort.
Symbolism
a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.
Theme
the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.
Tone
brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.
Allusion
secondary, implied, or associative meanings and emotions that a word carries beyond its literal definition - “Antique/Old/Decrepit”.
Connotation
the literal dictionary definition of a word, without any emotional and/or implied meaning hidden beyond the literal - “A rose is a rose”
Denotation
an object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story to point toward the story's larger theme.
Motif