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Allusion

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An indirect reference to a work, time period, or concept, generally familiar, such as historical facts, legends, the Bible, or classic literature

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Metaphor

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An indirect comparison that doesn’t use ‘like’ or ‘as’

(long def’n: an implied comparison in which one object/person etc., is described in terms of another)

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Personification

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The attributes of human qualities to an idea, animal, or inanimate object

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Theme

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The main idea of a work

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Irony

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A contrast of some sort, when the complete opposite of what is expected occurs

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Conflict

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A state of disharmony among characters or forces

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Foreshadowing

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An indication that hints at later events in the story

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a story is told

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Omniscient pov

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The narrator knows the thoughts of all the characters

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Limited pov

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Narrator’s omniscience is limited to the thoughts of a few select characters

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Character pov

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Used with limited omniscience, the narration is focused on one character, the reader knows his/her thoughts (used in Huckleberry Finn)

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Setting

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The time, place, and circumstances in which the action of a story takes place

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Motif

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A repetition of an image or idea that reinforces a theme in a work of literature
(ex, death & superstition in Huck. Finn)

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Symbolism

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A character or object that has meaning in itself and also represents something else

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Dialect

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The characteristic speech of a particular region or social group

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The Bells

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Edgar Allen Poe

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The Tell-Tale Heart

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Poe

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The Gold Bug

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Poe

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The Cask of Amontillado

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Poe

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The Raven

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Poe

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A Dream Within a Dream

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Poe

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Rip Van WInkle

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Washington Irving

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Washington Irving

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Walden

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Henry David Thoreau

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Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Our Town
Thornton Wilder
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Allegory
A story within a story, a story that really means something else, symbolism for a whole story
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Flashback
When you go back in time to find an important detail, a transition in the story
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Alliteration
When words start with the same letter (ex: Walker walked within Walmart with a weasel on a windy, wet Wednesday in Waynesboro)
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Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like the sound they represent (Ex: boom, pow, jingle)
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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Simile
Comparison using 'like' or 'as'
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Bildungsroman
Novel about growing up
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Metatheatre
Aspects of a play that draw attention to the fact that it's a play
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Magical realism
A real life story with magical bits
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Juxtaposition
Putting two opposite things together (ex: death and life, peace and chaos)
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Hasty Generalization
An inference drawn from insufficient evidence
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Ad Hominem
"Against the man," attacking someone's character instead of the quality of their ideas
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Sentimental Appeal
Playing on readers' emotions to distract them from the facts
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Slippery Slope
Exaggeration of the likely consequences of an action, designed to show that a mistake now could result in a disaster in the future
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False cause
Incorrect assumption that one event caused another event
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Scare Tactics
Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood
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Either/Or
Unfair oversimplification of an issue by providing only two options as a possible solution
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Red Herring
A device used to change the subject of an argument and distract the reader from the real issue
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Romanticism (1820 - 1865)
-Formal language -Happy/satisfying endings -Exoctic/fantastic settings -Plot-driven -Author intrusion is common -Far-fetched characters (Spirits, pirates, bandits) -Idealized themes and simple characters (Good guys, bad guys) -Spectacular, supernatural, and mysterious plot elements -Everything is essential to the story
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Realism (1865 - 1914)
-Realistic dialect/language -Realistic endings and places -Character driven -Not a lot of author intrusion -Ordinary characters with complex motivations (like real people, not clearly good or bad) -Ambiguous/unclear themes -Ordinary plot events -Non essential details -Social critique
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Modernism (1914 -1940)
-Individualism & experimentation -Stream of consciousness -People wanted to express their own ideas in their own ways
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Contemporary (1940 - now)
-Identity -Impact of Technology -Harsher Reality
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Archetype
Specific type, an original that is imitated
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Black Humor
Making light/joking about a topic that is usually serious
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Malapropism
Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one
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Rhyme Scheme
The pattern in which a poem rhymes (ABAB, CDCD, etc.)

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