| Term | Definition |
|---|
| flahsback | going back to an earlier time in the story in order to make something clearer |
| foreshadow | giving hints of what is to come later in a story |
| genre | divisions of literature |
| homograph | one of two or more words that have the same spelling but differ in origin or meaning |
| homonym | pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings |
| hperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| idiom | manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of language |
| imagery | words or phrases used to create a picture in the reader's mind |
| indirect characterization | reveals or describes characters and their personalities inferred from the text |
| irony | words or phrases used to mean the exqact opposite of it's leteral or normal meaning |
| juxtapose | to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike objects without using words of comparison |
| myth | traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sound sugges it's meaning |
| oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms |
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