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| Theme | A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work |
| Characterization | the creation and process by which an author attempts to humanize his/her characters |
| Setting | the time and place through which a story is told |
| Point of View | the perspective through which a story is told and which often affects the way in which we read |
| Symbolism | an object, event, person, or thing that represents something other than itself |
| Foreshadowing | a hint or suggestion about what may happen later in a story |
| Personification | giving non-human things human characteristics |
| Mood | the emotions an author attempts to make the reader feel throughout the work |
| Internal Conflict | Psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character. The resolution of which often creates the plot's suspense. |
| Imagery | The use of language that attempts to form mental images, figures, or likenesses of things. |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech that is a grossly exaggerated description or statement. |
| External Conflict | Conflict involving a character and something/someone else in the story. |
| Tone | the author's attitude towards its subject |
| Irony | When and how a person, situation, statement, or circumnstance is not as it would actually seem |
| Allusion | A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature |
| Exposition | Information given to the reader prior to a story that provides essential background information in order to better understand the story. |
| Rising Action | A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. |
| Falling Action | A related series of incidents in a literary plot that immediately follow the point of greatest interest. |
| Climax | The moment in which the crisis comes to its point of greatest intensity. |
| Resolution | The way in which a story is concluded. |
| Style | A manner of putting thoughts into words or the characteristic mode of construction and expression in writing and speaking. |
| Diction | Style of speaking or writing based upon word choices. |
| Simile | A comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two or more things without using "like" or "as" |
| Satire | The use of humor, irony, and/or ridicule in order to mock a person, place, or idea. |
| Flashback | An interruption of the chronological sequence by the portrayal of an event of earlier occurrence. |
| Allegory | A story that workds to reveal a hidden message or meaning. |
| Dialect | The language of a particular district, class, or group or persons. |
| Monologue | A long speech delivered on stage by one character, to other characters. |
| Dialogue | A conversation between two or more characters. |
| Soliloquy | A long speech delivered on stage, alone, by one character. This speech generally reveals thoughts and motives of a character. |
