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dram lit terms

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Alliteration

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When the words in a sentence have the same beginning sound

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Allusion

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Makes a reference to a person or event without actuallt mention it

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Crisis

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Time of intense difficulty-derives to the climax ( the turning point in the action)

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Onomatopeya

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Word that looks/imitate the same sound it makes

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Hyperbole

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An exageration of something that shouldnt be taken literally (emphazises the idea)

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Pun-Juego de palabras

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A joke about words that SOUNDS alike but have DIFFERENT meanings

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Theme-Tema

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The moral of the story

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Symbol

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An image or object that represents an abstarct idea

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Oxymoron

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A combination of 2 words completely contradictory (ex:luz oscura) (jumbo shrimp) (sweet bitterness)

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory but it has a deeper meaning/truth (ex.menos es mas)

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Foreshadowing

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A warning-indication of a future event

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that creates VIVID PICTURES/SENSATIONS in the reader´s mind

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Suspense

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A feeling of excitement/anxity about what is going to happen

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Pathos

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way to make the audience feel strong emotions

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**Figurative language-Leng figurado (Met-Sim-Pers)

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Figures of speech/Languages that doesn´t use a direct meaning of the words

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Metaphor

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Comparison between two things without using ‘like’ or ‘seems’.

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Simile

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Comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘seems

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

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Literal language (D-C)

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The literal meaning of a word (the cat is on the mat)

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-Denotation/home-place w I live
-Connotation/ Home-warm, family

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D: The specific, literal meaning of a word or phrase (contrasting feelings)
C: The idea or feeling of the word, in addition to its literal meaning

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Irony (ex. A fire station burns down)

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Situation where is a contrast between expectation and reality

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Sarcasm

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Uses the irony to transmit disrespect to a person, etc

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Satire (The simpsons)

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A type of humor that exposes their flaws and defects

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows more than the character (Romeo doesnt know Julieta was alive so he did…)

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Setting-Ambientación
Time and place where the story occurs, incluying details of the environment, location, time, and period
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Mood-Estado de ánimo
How the reader feels when interacting with the text
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Tone
How the author feels about the subject-he or she wants to make us (the readers) feel about the story
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Anachronism
When something is placed out of the historical period (in the wrong time) Jesus wearing nikes
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Pathetic fallacy (a personification)
When nature-objects-animals reflects human emotions
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Narrative point of view
It refers to who is telling the story/who is narrating it
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Diction
The linguistic choices a writer choose to transmit the idea correctly
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Nemesis
An enemy-often a villian
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Soliloquy
When a character speaks directly to the public, revealing their inner thoughts
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Comic relief
The author's use of hummor to break the reader's tension
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Character foil
serves as a contrast to the main character/protagonist
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Hamartia
A bad desicion/tragic mistake that makes the protaginist to make a tragedy/the downfall-
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Hubris
Overconfidence/excessive...when someone thinks they're invencible
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Conflict
The struggle/fight between the portagonist and the antagonist (or just 2 sides)
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Climax
The highest/the most intense moment in the story/the protagonist can confront each other
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Protagonist
The main character
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Antagonist
The character that opposes the protagonist (like a villian)
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Euphemism (let go-fired) (passed away-died)
A less direct word used to replace a word that maybe hits hard
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-Cacaphony -Euphony
-Ca: A mixure of sounds that makes the athmosphere unpleasant -Euph: Combination of words to make a really pleasant sound
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Cliche
Excesivelly use of an expression, considerated unoriginal
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Understatement-Subestimación
minimize the importance of a situation by considering it to be less serious than it really is.
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Antithesis
2 ideas-concepts-word totally diferent (black and white)
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Catharsis
The liberation or release (alivio) of emotions when experiencing a show
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Motif-Motivo
A sign or pattern that helps the story to develop correctly
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Juxtaposition
The placement of 2 contrasting elements close to each toher to highlight their differences
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Non-sequitur
A conclusion or a statement (declaracion) that doesn't follow the context (“She drives a nice car, so she must be a good cook”)
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Anagnorisis-Anagnórisis
The moment when a character suddenly discovers a crucial truth about themselves or their situation