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11 Cards in this Set
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when an author says one thing and means something else.
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Verbal Irony
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when an audience can see something that a character in the literature cannot.
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Dramatic Irony
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the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
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Situational Irony
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a hint of things to come-usually it is a very unpleasant event.
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Foreshadowing
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a literary device that serves as an interruption in the action-to show a scene that took place earlier.
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Flashback
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the author's attitude toward his or her subject.
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Tone
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the atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work. It is a description of objects.
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Mood
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the use of words that sound like what they mean.
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Onomatopoeia
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a self-contradictory statement of expression like "pretty ugly" or "bitter sweet".
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Oxymoron
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the time and place in which the story happens.
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Setting
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the meaning or moral of the story.
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Theme
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