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Allegory
a narrative which the characters or setting represents multiple levels of meaning
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Allusion
a reference to a literary or historical event, person, place
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Antagonist
any force that is in opposition to the main character
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Archetype
recurrent designs, patterns of action, character types, themes, images, which are identifiable in a wide range of literature
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Extended Metaphor
a detailed and complex metaphor that extends over a long section of work
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Fable
a legend or a short moral story often using animals as characters (aesop)
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Farce
a play or scene in a play or book that is characterized by broad humor, wild antics, and often slapstick and physical humor (monty python)
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Foreshadowing
hints of the future
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Flashback
where an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narrative
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Genre
a type or class of literature such as an epic, narrative, or poetry
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Imagery
writing that evokes feelings or images
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Irony
a situation where the least expected event actually happens
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Metaphor
comparing to unlike objects directly
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Motif
a recurrent device, formula, or situation in a narrative
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Mood
the feeling one gets from reading a narrative
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Omniscient POV
an all-seeing perspective where the reader has access to the perceptions and thoughts of all the characters in the story
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Oxymoron
a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements (jumbo shrimp)
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Paradox
a statement that seems contradictory but may actually be true (peace is war)
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Parody
a work that imitates another for comic effect
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Personification
treating a nonhuman object as if it had human qualities
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Plot
the arrangement of the narration based on the relationship of events
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Protagonist
the main character of the story
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Rhetorical Question
a question that is asked for stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered
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Sarcasm
a statement that seems to show praise but actually shows criticism
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Setting
the time and place of the action in a story
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Simile
comparing two unlike objects using like or as
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Stereotype
characterization based on assumptions
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Style
a writer's typical way of writing
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Symbolism
objects that represent ideas
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Theme
the story's overall lesson, point, or social observation
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Tone
reflects the narrator's attitude toward a subject or theme
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Tragedy
a drama in which a character is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force
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