| Term | Definition |
|---|
| flashback | a thought that interupts the story to show an event that happened earlier |
| foreshadow | show or indicate the future |
| genre | style of writing |
| Homograph | spelled same mean different |
| homonym | prounounced same spelled different |
| hyperbole | exageration |
| imagry | paints the picture in your mind |
| indirect characterization | describes character within text |
| irony | complete opposite of literal meaning |
| juxtapose | to compare two things |
| metaphor | compare without like or as |
| myth | traditional story or a tall tale |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sound suggests its meaning |
| oxymoron | contridiction |
| idiom | manner of speaking that is natural to the native speakers of a language |
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