literary+terms

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The repetition on consonant sounds. A reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. The character who opposes the protagonist Saying something to the audience that the other characters can not hear. The rise and fall patterns in speech The protagonist’s guilt is purged, much to the relief to the audience (usually) The representation of people in a literary work Any moment of great intensity in a literary work The clearing up or “untying” of the complications of the plot of a story A brief tale that conveys a moral lesson The narrator of the story uses “I” to tell the plot The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. A bold overstatement, or extravagant exaggeration of fact, used either for serious or comic effect. The pictures or feeling that the language of a story conveys to the reader A contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience knows to be true. A type of fiction that incorporates fantastical and magical events into the realism of the story without changing the tone of the story. Comparing two different things without using like or as; usually use is. A situation, theme, incident, or idea that is found in many different literary works. An “all-knowing” narrator who tells the story from all angles. The use of words that are spelled the way they sound. Buzz, Fizz, Crackle, Hiss, Bark Combining two unlike terms i.e. “same difference” “girlie man” “military intelligence” “jumbo shrimp” A statement which seems to be absurd, yet turns out to have a valid meaning. Giving human characteristics to non-human objects The main character in a story. A humorous play on words indicating different meanings. A comparison between two different things using like or as. A group of lines in a poem which creates a section. A stereotyped character that is easily recognized by the reader. Anything that stands for or represents something else beyond it Water= Purity Blood=Life/ Death A reoccurrence of a motif in a literary work Designates the mood or atmosphere of a literary work. A literary work that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s). A weakness the main character has which results in the tragedy of the story.
 * Alliteration**__
 * __Allusion__**
 * __Antagonist__**
 * __Aside__**
 * __Cadence__**
 * __Catharsis__**
 * __Characterization__**
 * __Climax__**
 * __Denouement__**
 * __Fable__**
 * __First-Person Narrative__**
 * __Foreshadow__**
 * __Hyperbole__**
 * __Imagery__**
 * __Irony__**
 * __Magical Realism__**
 * __Metaphor__**
 * __Motif__**
 * __Omniscient Narrator__**
 * __Onomatopoeia__**
 * __Oxymoron__**
 * __Paradox__**
 * __Personification__**
 * __Protagonist__**
 * __Pun__**
 * __Simile__**
 * __Stanza__**
 * __Stock Character__**
 * __Symbol__**
 * __Theme__**
 * __Tone__**
 * __Tragedy__**
 * __Tragic Flaw__**

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