LITERARY ELEMENTS, CHARACTERIZATAION, DICTION, FIGURES OF SPEECH, AND CONFLICT
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | a reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing |
| irony | a contrast between appearance and reality, usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems; when one thing is expected to happen or be and the exact opposite occurs |
| symbol | the use of any object, person, or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value |
| imagery | the words or the phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch). An author may also use animal imagery, as well as light and/or dark imagery |
| epiphany | an event in which the essential nature of something (a person, a situation, an object) is suddenly understood in a new way; a sudden realization; an "ah ha" moment |
| setting | the background against which action takes place. This can include the geographical location, the occupations and daily manner of living of the characters, the time or period in which the action takes place, or the general environment of the characters. |
| suspense | the quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events |
| motif | the recurrent element in a literary work. A pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism in a work of literature. |
| foreshadowing | the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
| tone | the writer's attitude or feeling toward a person, a thing, a place, an outcome or a situation |
| theme | a central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work; a lesson about life or people |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
| repetition | a device in which words, sounds, and/ or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis |
| detail | facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work |
| characterization | the methods used by an author to create a character, including the following: phyiscal appearance; speech, thoughts, actions, and/ or feelings; other characters' speech, thoughts, actions, and/ or feelings about the character; direct comments by the author about the character |
| motivation | a reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, action, or behavior |
| protagonist | the central character and focus of interest who is trying to accomplish or overcome an adversity, and has the ability to adapt to new circumstances |
| antagonist | the character opposing the protagonist. This can be a person, idea, or force. |
| dynamic character | a character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story |
| static character | a character that does not grow or change throughout the story. The character ends as he/she begins |
| diction | word choice. An author often chooses a word because it suggests a connotative meaning. |
| denotation | the specific dictionary definition of a word |
| connotation | the emotions or associations a word normally arouses in people using, hearing, or seeing the word. |
| figures of speech | words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else; always involve some sort of imaginary comparison between seemingly unlike things; not meant to be taken literally. |
| simile | a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words "like" or "as." |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as." |
| personification | writing that gives animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas human characterisitcs |
| pun | a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply different meanings. Pun can have serious as well as humorous senses. |
| idiom | an accepted expression having a meaning different from the literal |
| oxymoron | a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression |
| hyperbole | a deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration; may be used for either serious or comic effect. |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces |
| character vs. character | when a character has a problem with another character |
| character vs. self | when a character must make a decision about a problem or struggle he is having within himself/ herself |
| character vs. society | when a character has a problem with a tradition or rule of society |
| character vs. nature | when a character has a problem with a force of nature such as cold, storms, earthquakes, etc. |
| character vs. fate | when a character has a problem with something he can't do anyting about, such as God, luck, death, etc. |
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