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Plot

Plot: the main events of a play,novel, movie, or similar work,devised and presented by the

writer as an interrelated sequence.

Literary Example: The prisoner plansto get out of jail.

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Setting

Setting: the place or type ofsurroundings where something ispositioned or where an event takes

place.

Literary Example: Shaun and Luiswere talking at third place.

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Point of View

Point of view: a perspective on anissue.

Literary Example: Tom thought it waswrong to allow abortion but Obamathought it was ok.

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Characterization

Characterization: the descriptionand distinctive nature of.

Literary Example: The grumpy manin the movie was wearing a blacksuit with red shoes.

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Theme

Theme: the subject of a piece ofwriting, a persons thoughts, etc.

Literary Example: This is a storyabout romance.

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Alliteration

Alliteration: the occurrence of thesame letter or sound at thebeginning of adjacent or closely

connected words.

Literary Example: sweet smell ofsuccess, a dime a dozen, bigger

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Allusion

Allusion: an indirect or passingreference.

Literary Example: Stephen VincentBenet's story "By the Waters ofBabylon" contains a directreference to Psalm 137 in the Bible.

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Analogy

Analogy: a comparison between twothings.

Literary Example: He was a mad as abull.

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Antagonist

Antagonist: a person who activelyopposes or is hostile to someone orsomething.

Literary Example: The man alwaysstirred up trouble.

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Aside

Aside: to one side.

Literary Example: Tom pushed thearticles aside on his desk.

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Blank Verse

Blank Verse: verse without rhyme.

Literary Example: But, soft, whatlight through yonder win-dowbreaks?

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Climax

Climax: the most intense; exciting.

Literary Example: Then the manjumped off the building, shootingback at the intruder.

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief: comic episodes in adramatic or literary work that offsetmore serious sections.

Literary Example: The mockery of thefool in King Leer.

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Conflict

Conflict: a serious disagreement orargument.

Literary Example: Luis punched Alexin the stomach.

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Couplet

Couplet: two lines of verse.

Literary Example: I have slug that atea bug. Whenever he gets hungryand give him a big hug.

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Diction

Diction: the choice and use of words.

Literary Example: "One of our defectsas a nation is a tendency to usewhat have been called 'weaselwords. Theodore R.

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Dramatic Irony

Dramatic Irony: the expression ofones meaning by using languagethat normally signifies the opposite.

Literary Example: In which Othelloblames Desdemona for cuckoldinghim but the audience knows that

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Dramatic Structure

Dramatic Structure: the structure ofthe dramatic work.

Literary Example: Peer, youre lying!No, Im not! Well then Swear to meits true. Swear? Why should I? Seeyou dare not! Every word of its a

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Epithet

Epithet: an adjective or descriptivephrase expressing a qualitycharacteristic of a person or thing

mentioned. Literary Example: Zeus-loved

Achilles, you bid me explain. The

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language: whenever youdescribe something by comparing itwith something else.

Literary Example: Metaphor, Symbol,Personification, Simile. An example:the boy ran as fast as a cheetah.

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Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing: be a warning orfuture indication.

Literary Example: And he saw a manwith a knife cross the street.

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Imagery

Imagery: visually descriptive orfigurative language.

Literary Example: The hot July sunbeat relentlessly down, casting anorange glare over the farmbuildings, the fields, the pond.

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Irony

Irony: the expression of onesmeaning by using language thatnormally signifies the opposite.

Literary Example: It was ironic thatthe fire station burned down.

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Meter

Meter: the fundamental unit of lengthin the metric system.

Literary Example: The boat was 15

meters long.

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Metaphor

Metaphor: a figure of speech in whicha word or phrase is applied to anobject.

Literary Example: He is a pig. Thouart sunshine.

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Monologue

Monologue: a long speech by oneactor in a play or movie.

Literary Example: Is this a dagger

which I see before me, the handletoward my hand? Come, let meclutch thee!I have.

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Oxymoron

Oxymoron: a figure of speech inwhich apparently contradictoryterms appear in conjunction.

Literary Example: hot ice, cold fire,wise fool, sad joy, eloquent silence.

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Personification

Personification: the attribution of apersonal nature or humancharacteristics to something non-

human. Literary Example: a smiling moon, a

jovial sun.

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Protagonist

Protagonist: the leading character orone of the major characteristics ina drama.

Literary Example: Our militarygeneral annihilated the incomingintruders.

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Pun

Pun: a joke exploiting the differentpossible meanings of a word.

Literary Example: A bicycle can't

stand alone because it is two-tired.

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Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme: an ordered patternor rhymes at the ends of the linesof a poem or verse.

Literary Example: Roses are red,Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet,and so are you.


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Simile

Simile: a figure of speech involvingthe comparison of one thing withanother thing of a different kind.

Literary Example: He eats like a pig.Vines like golden prisons

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Situational Irony

Situational Irony: the disparity ofintention and result: the result of anaction is contrary to the desired or

expected effect Literary Example: The witches

predict one thing, which happens to

come true but Macbeth oftenmisinterprets their words

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Soliloquy

Soliloquy: an act of speaking onesthoughts aloud when by oneself orregardless of any hearers.

Literary Example: Now I am alone.O, what a rogue and peasant slaveam I! Is it not monstrous that this

player here, but in a fiction, in adream..

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Sonnet

Sonnet: a poem of fourteen linesusing any of a number of formalrhyme scenes.

Literary Example: Shall I comparethee to a Summers day? Thou.

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Symbol

Symbol: a thing that represents orstands for something else.

Literary Example: Symbol: the bird of

night (owl is a symbol of death)

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Tragedy

Tragedy: an event causing greatsuffering, destruction and distress.

Literary Example: Symbol: the bird of

night (owl is a symbol of death)

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Verbal Irony

Verbal Irony: irony producedintentionally by speakers.

Literary Example: "Yet Brutus says he

was ambitious; and Brutus is anhonorable man". Mark Antony reallymeans that Brutus is dishonorable.

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