Terms

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Antagonist

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A person or object that prevents the protagonist

Question 1

Allusion

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An indirect reference

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Archetype

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Character or pattern of circumstances

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Atmosphere and mood

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Literary devices that evokes certain feelings

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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Diction

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Word choice

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Direct characterization

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Direct characterization is how an author tells his or her reader about a character. Direct characterization occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner.

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Dynamic character

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a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude:

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Epiphany

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Epiphany is the point in a work of literature where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding.

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Figurative language

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is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

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Hyperbole

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Indirection characterization

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the writer shows the character’s personality through his/her speech, actions and appearance

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Imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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Irony

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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

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Juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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Literal language

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refers to words that do not deviate from their defined meaning.

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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 action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Extended metaphor

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refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

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Protagonist

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the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

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Personification

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Giving humanlike qualities to something non human

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Simile

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Comparison uses like or as

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Static character

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is one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end as he or she was at the beginning.

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Style

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that describes the ways that the author uses words — the author’s word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text.

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Syntax

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the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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Tone

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the speaker’s or narrator’s attitude towards the subject, rather than what the reader feels, as in mood

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Voice

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individual writing style of an author, a combination of idiotypical usage of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text