Literary Elements

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Allegory

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A symbolic narrative in which the mooning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

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Symbol

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A word or object that stands for another word or object. The object or word can be seen with the eye or not visible.

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Tone

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The writer’s or speaker’s manner of expression in writing or in speech.

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Mood

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The feeling a literary work gives to readers.

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Irony

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A mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (situational irony) displaying a reality different from what is expected. A writer may say the opposite of what he means,creating a reverse expectations, or give the audience knowledge that a character lurks (dramatic irony)

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Archetype

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A Greek word meaning “original pattern, or model.” In literature and art, an archetype is a character, an

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Theme

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A story’s main idea or part. This is a message the author wants you to understand. The author utilizes the characters plot, and other literary devices to assist the reader in uncovering a story’s theme.

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Drama

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A composition involving conflict between a character OR characters. Playwrights usually design themes for presentations on stage in front of an audience.

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Setting

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The general locate historical time and social circumstances in which the action of a fictional or dramatic work occurs. Setting can be a faltered or perplexed factor in the meaning of a work.

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Dialogue

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The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, essay, or story.

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Stage Directions

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Sometimes abbreviated “s.d.” the term in drama refers to a part of the printed text or a play that is not actually spoken by actors on a stage, but which indicate movement or activity for the others to engage in. This is usually separated by punctuation or written in italics.

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Denotation

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The original or dictionary definition of a word.

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Connotation

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All the associations or other meanings we attack to a work the way we see it.

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Allusion

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A reference in a literary work in a place, or thing to history or another work of literature

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Expository Writing

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Writing that includes explanation or accomplishment about a topic.

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Argumentative Writing

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A genre of writing that requires you to establish a question on the topic in a concise manner while investigating a topic by collecting, gesturing, and evaluating evidence.

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Pun

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A play on multiple meanings of the same word, the same sounds, or similar sounds.

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Hyperbole

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Is a device in which an author uses extreme exaggeration in order to emphasize a point or to create a humorous effect.

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Cliché

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A phrase or expression that has been used so often that it is no longer original or interesting

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Idiom

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An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of the separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a story is told. Or who is telling the story.

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Anthology

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A collection of selected literacy pieces of passages or waves of art or music