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 The essential background information at the beginning of a literary work

Exposition

100

An extended metaphor, where the entire story or poem has a secondary symbolic meaning.

Allegory:

100

a dramatic device in which a character makes a short speech intended for the audience but not heard by the other characters on stage

 

Aside 

100

direct speech between characters in a literary work

Dialogue

100

type or category to which a literary work belongs

 

Genre

200

 the development of conflict and complications in a literary work

Rising action

200

repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”

Alliteration

200

repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds: “Anna’s apples,” “the pond is long gone”

Assonance

200

word choice to create a specific effect

Diction

200

 extreme exaggeration to add meaning

Hyperbole

300

Climax

the turning point in a literary work

300

a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work

Allusion

300

 the reason behind what an author writes, not the main idea of the story.

Authors purpose 

300

the method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose of making the present clearer

Flashback

300

 language that appeals to the five senses

Imagery 

400

Failing action 

results or effects of the climax of a literary work

400

 character that is the source of conflict in a literary work

Antagonist 

400

The manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities

Characterization

400

language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar (non-literal language).  Includes simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbol)

Figurative Language

400

 when there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs

situational irony 

500

Resolution/denouement-

  • end of a literary work when loose ends are tied up and questions are answered 

500

 a word opposite in meaning to another

Antonym 

500

struggle between two or more opposing forces (person vs.  person; nature; society; self; fate/God.  

Conflict 

500

hint of what is to come in a literary work

Foreshadowing 

500

a recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme

Motif 

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