Literary Elements

Question 1

Allusion

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An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text

Question 2

Rhetorical questions

Answer 2

A question asked in order to make a statement that does not expect an answer

Question 3

Extended metaphor

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Detailed comparison that last lines or even chapters

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or actin to whovh it is not literally applicable

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Simile

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A comparison to one thing to bother thing using like or as

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Personification

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Gibing human qualities or traits to something that is not living

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally

Question 8

Mood

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The emotion the author strive for the reader to evolke

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Tone

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The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject

Question 10

Paradox

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A statement, poor of stamens or idea that seems contradictory upon first glance

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Situational irony

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Irony where the opposite thing that is expected to happen happens resulting in humors or tragedic consequences

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound to provide and audible pulse that has lyric

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Theme

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A central topic subject or message eothin a narrative

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Memoir

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Any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author person memories

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Symbolism

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A figure of speech in which a person, situation, word or object is used to represent another thing

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Dialect

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A from of literature where the writer writes in dialogue

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Free verse

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Poetry that doesn’t use any strict meter or rhyme scheme

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Aphorism

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A saying that expresses the moral principle or observation abt the world, presenting the universal truth

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Anecode

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A short story contained theory that usually highlights one particular theme or lesson

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Idiom

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Phrase not meant to be taken literally but that have a widely understood meaning

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Folk tale

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Stories of oral tradition or tales people said out loud

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Oral tradition

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Verbally transmitting a cultures, wisdom, stories and history

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Imagery

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Words that trigger the reader to recall images

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Poetry

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Type of literature that conveys thought, describes a scene, or yells a story on a concentrated, lyrical arrangement or words

Question 25

Creation Story

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Supernaturals myth that relates to tge beginning of humanity Ex: Genesis