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a figure of speech in which intended meaning and the actual meaning differ
What is irony
100
word choice
What is diction
100
the disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character
What is attitude
100
images created by a literay work
What is imagery
100
writing that uses figures of speech, such as meaphor, simile, and irony
What is figurative language
200
writing that ridicules human behavior
What is satire
200
a directly expressed comparison
What is simile
200
the background of a story
What is setting
200
the vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see and report whatever he chooses
What is omniscient point of view
200
the individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story
What is details
300
any use of several vantage points from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work
What is allusion
300
the management of language for a specific effect
What is strategy
300
the main thought expressed by a work
What is theme
300
something that is used simultaneously itself and also a sign of something else
What is symbol
400
a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term
What is metaphor
400
the mode of expression in language
What is style
400
the methods involved in telling a story
What is narrative devices
400
the manner in which an author expresses his attitude
What is tone
400
the use of words whose very sound suggests their actual meaning
What is onomatopoeia
500
the structure of a senence
What is syntax
500
a general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use
What is resources of language
500
the arrangement of materials within a work
What is structure
500
the devices used in effective or persuasive language
What is rhetorical techniques
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