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The universal message/lesson in a story, poem, play, etc.
What is THEME?
100
Words and phrases an author uses to create pictures in the reader's mind
What is IMAGERY?
100
a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or object
What is PERSONIFICATION?
100
the reason why the text is written
What is the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
100
Language that is not intended to be taken literally
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
200
a contrast between expectation and reality, often having the effect of surprising the reader/audience
What is IRONY?
200
the writer's attitude toward his subject
What is TONE?
200
the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
What is MOOD?
200
a struggle between opposing forces
What is CONFLICT?
200
the final outcome of the conflict
What is RESOLUTION?
300
the relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story
What is POINT OF VIEW?
300
the instructions given to an actor or director written in the script of a play
What is STAGE DIRECTIONS?
300
a main character in opposition to the protagonist; the bad guy
What is ANTAGONIST?
300
an account of a conversation or an action that happened before the beginning of a story or at an earlier point
What is FLASHBACK?
300
the main character in a work of literature; the hero
What is PROTAGONIST?
400
the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
400
hints about something that will occur later in a story
What is FORESHADOWING?
400
a comparison between two objects or ideas that uses the words "like" or "as"
What is SIMILE?
400
a comparison between two things that does not use the words "like" or "as"
What is METAPHOR?
400
the feelings associated with a word
What is CONNOTATION?
500
when a character experiences a struggle inside his/her own mind
What is INTERNAL CONFLICT?
500
when a character struggles against an outside force
What is EXTERNAL CONFLICT?
500
a story told by one fo the characters so the reader sees everything through that character's eyes
What is 1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
500
when a writer or character says one thing but means the opposite
What is VERBAL IRONY?
500
when the reader knows something that a character in a literary work does not know
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
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