| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Setting | the time and place in which the story takes place |
| Irony | The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. |
| Simile | A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, |
| Suspense | Pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome, such as the ending of a mystery novel. |
| Climax | A series of statements or Ideas |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another |
| Resolution | An action that happened to resolve the conflict |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form |
| Foreshadowing | A device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments |
| conflict | The problem in the story |
| theme | A topic of discourse or discussion |
| flashback | When a character experiences a scene from the past |
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