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The use of objects, characters, or events to represent larger meanings or ideas
Symbolism
The central idea or underlying message of the work as a whole
Theme
The author's means of conveying to the reader a character's personality, life history, values, physical attributes, etc
Characterization
The sequence of incidents or events through which an author constructs a story
Plot
This is the number of days there were in a year on earth during the time of the dinosaurs
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The quality in a story that makes readers ask "what's going to happen next?" or " how will this turn out?"
Suspense
When the writer tells the readers directly what kind of personality a character possesses
Direct Presentation (or direct characterization)
The central character in a conflict, whether sympathetic or unsympathetic as a person
Protagonist
The writer’s or speaker’s attitude towards the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work.
Tone
He wrote "A Family Supper"
Kazuo Ishiguro
A figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made explicit by the use of some such word or phrase as like, as, than, similar to, resembles, or seems.
Simile
When the story is told in the third person, but from the viewpoint of one character in the story
Third Person - Limited
A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end
Static Character
The character usually has only one or two predominant traits; they can be summed up in a sentence or two
Flat character
This type of sonnet is composed of an octave and a sestet, with the volta typically occurring between lines 8-9
Petrarchan (or Italian) Sonnet
the dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
An eight-line stanza
Octave
A character who undergoes some distinct change of character, personality, or outlook
Dynamic Character
Language that is used to represent the sensory experience of hearing
Auditory Imagery
In literature, an elongated object (such as a cigar or a lever) will often be deployed as this kind of symbol
Phallic Symbol
The POV when the narrator disappears into a kind of roving sound camera. This camera can go anywhere but can record only what is seen and heard.
Objective Point-of-View
A moment of spiritual insight into life or into the characters own circumstances
Epiphany
Any way of saying something other than the ordinary way; more narrowly, a way of saying one thing and meaning another
Figure of Speech
the underlying meaning of a word, what it suggests apart from its technical definition
Connotation
Despite scoring the most regular season points in his fantasy football league this year, Dr. Andrews' team only finished with this record (which was still good for second place)
Hint: 14-game season
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