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� Metaphor comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as, as in a simile.
� Simile is the comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
� Symbolism a device in literature where an object represents an idea
� First person narrator the �I� in the story presents the point of view of only one character.
� Protagonist the hero or central character of a literary work.
� Antagonist a person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work.
� Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express. All of the elements of literary terms contribute to theme. A simple theme can often be stated in a single sentence.
� Foil a character in a play that sets off the main character or other characters by comparison.
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Allusion is a brief reference to a person, event,
or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous
historical or literary figure or event.
An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.
� Puns the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. A pun is a figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. A pun can rely on the assumed equivalency of multiple similar words (homonymy), of different shades of meaning of one word (polysemy), or of a literal meaning with a metaphor. Bad puns are often considered to be cheesy.
� Flashback is action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding.
� Dynamic character one who�s personality changes or evolves over the course of a narrative or appears to have the capacity for such change.
� Character a person (round character), or any thing presented as a person
� Flat character (static character), a simplified character who does not change or alter his or her personality over the course of a narrative, or one without extensive personality and characterization.
� Internal conflict occurs within the mind of the character that is torn between opposing feelings or goals.
� Motif a recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. A dominant theme or central idea.
� Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.
� Personification is giving human qualities to animals or objects.
� Verbal irony is when an author says one thing and means something else.
� Third person the narrator is not a character in the story. Instead, the narrator is telling the story from the outside looking in; however, the narrator is focused on one character's point of view.
� Narrator the "voice" that speaks or tells a story
� Dramatic irony is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.
� Epistolary novel any novel that takes the form of a series of letters--either written by one character or several characters. The form allows an author to dispense with an omniscient point of view, but still switch between the viewpoints of several characters during the narrative.
� Frame story inserting one or more small stories within the body of a larger story that encompasses the smaller ones. Often this term is used interchangeably with both the literary technique and the larger story itself that contains the smaller ones
� Archetype an original model or pattern from which other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life
� Doppelganger the ghostly shadow that haunts and follows its earthly counterpart; the negative or evil manifestation of what is actually on the �inside� of the haunted character (the creature is Frankenstein�s doppelganger)
� Antithesis is an opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
� Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
