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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fantasy | a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point |
| figurative language | language employing one or more figures of speech (similie, metaphor, imagery, etc) |
| flashback | the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative |
| flat character | a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story |
| foreshadowing | the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work |
| frame device | a story within a story |
| genre | a major category or type of literature |
| homily | a sermon, or a moralistic lecture |
| hubris | excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy |
| hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect |
| hypothetical question | a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture or a supposition |
| idiom | an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression |
| imagery | the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to the senses |
| implication | a suggestion an author or speaker makes without stating it directly |
| inductive reasoning | deriving general principles from particular facts or instances |
| inference | a conclusion one draws based on premises or evidence |
| invective | an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack |
| irony | the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning |
| jargon | the specialized language or vocab of a particular group or profession |
| juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast |
| legend | a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements |
| limerick | light verse consisting of 5 lines of regular rhythm |
| limited narrator | a narrator who presents the story as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought or felt by that one character |
| literary license | deviating from normal rules or methods in order to achieve a certain effect |
| litotes | a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite |
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