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11 Cards in this Set
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theme |
message about life or human nature; main idea,moral, or lesson being written about |
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foreshadowing |
use of hints and clues to indicate what will happen later in a story |
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symbol |
person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself |
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irony |
a contrast between appearance and reality; reality is the opposite of what it seems; an unexpected twist situational irony-a contrast btwn. what is expected & what actually happens dramatic irony-reader knows something that a character does not know verbal irony-when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another |
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flashback |
when a story goes back in time |
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tone |
the author's attitude toward his/her subject (ex. angry, sad, humorous) |
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mood |
feeling or atmosphere of a story |
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allusion |
a reference in a work of literature to a famous person, place, event or other work of literature |
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suspense |
a feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader |
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narrator |
the voice that tells a story |
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point of view |
how a writer chooses to narrate a story first person-the narrator is a character in the story;uses first person pronouns such as I, me, we third person limited omniscient-person telling the story is not in the story;narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes third person omniscient-person telling the story is all knowing;totally unrestricted;reader is presented with dialogue, action, thoughts, feelings |
