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Short Stories or examples used to illustrate a point

What is anecdote

100
A change in setting to an earlier time than the main story

What is flashback

100

The mode of narration the author uses to show the perspective of one character

What is 3rd person LIMITED

100

A play on words

What is pun

100
The act of using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

What is symbolism

200

What the author is trying to make known

What is convey

200

hints or clues to a future event or outcome

What is foreshadow(ing)

200

A goal or why a character says or does something

What is motivation

200

Argumentative writing

What is problem/solution 

200

How a selection is organized

What is structure

300

Dictionary meaning of a word

What is denotation

300
Words or phrases that do not have a literal meaning

What is figurative language

300

A story that uses all elements of plot

What is narrative

300

Giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics

What is personification

300

The importance of the word choice, event, action, or character

What is significance

400

An appeal to ethics

What is ethos

400

Using clues or details to make a logical conclusion

What is inference

400

A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

What is overstatement

400

A question asked not for an answer, but to prove a point

What is rhetorical question

400

The author's message in a story

What is theme

500

A brief reference to something biblical, historical, literary, or political

What is allusion

500

Highlights the contrasts between two things and then compares them

What is juxtaposition

500

Writing that remains neutral and uses fact or proven evidence

What is objective summary

500

The use of figurative language

What is rhetorical device

500

The narrator allows the reader to make their own conclusion

What is unreliable character

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