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| irony | a literary device that uses contradictory statments or situations to reveal a reality differet from what appears to be true |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as |
| oxymoron | when two contradictory words are used together as in "sweet sorrow" |
| paradox | a statement which at first seems absurd or irritationalbut which proves on reflection to be true |
| parody | a writing in which the language and style of an author is mimicked for comic effect or in ridicule |
| personification | the figure of speech in which a lifeless object or qaulity is spoken of as if alive |
| plot | the main action or design formed by such events when they are casually conncted and move forward unfolding to a climax |
| point of view | the relative position or angle from which a thing is seen, a question is considered |
| allusion | indirect reference |
| ambiguity | uncertaintyof meaning; also, a word or expression which may be understood in two or more diferent ways |
| antagonist | a person who contends with another |
| antihero | somebody who is the central character in a story but is not brave or good like hroes usually are |
| archetype | something that served as the model or pattern for other things of the same type |
| catharsis | release of emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy |
| character | a person or thing that is part of a story or plot |
| cliche | a phrse that has become dulled in meaning by repetition |
| conflict | clash between opposing opinions, interests; fight , war |
| satire | a literary work ridiculing human weakness; ridicule |
| simile | figure of speech which a thing is likened to something of different kind or qaulity.(using like or as) |
| soliloquy | a speech made by oneself to oneself; a monologue |
| symbol | a person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond an usually more abstract than its literal significance |
| theme | a brief essay or composition of the meaning or idea in a literary work |
| thesis | a complete sentence that gives the central idea of an essay |
| epiphany | a sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something |
