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| characterization | techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character's personality or traits |
| direct characterization | the writer tells you about the character's traits |
| indirect characterization | the writer shows you what kind of person the character is through the words, actions, and thoughts of the character and what others think and say of a character, and/or how they react to the character |
| alliteration | he repetition of initial consonant sounds, primarily used in poetry; used to draw attention to certain words or ideas, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects |
| allusion | reference to a well-known person, myth, historical event, biblical story, etc. |
| atmosphere / mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage; often created at the beginning of a work and is sustained throughout the work through images, dialogue, setting, and plot |
| plot | sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next and usually involves both characters and a central conflict |
| climax | a high point of interest or suspense in a plot |
| juxtaposition | literary technique that places two things (concepts, characters, ideas, or places) closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts |
| repetition | the use, more than once, of any element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence - in both prose and poetry |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| short story | brief or concise work of fiction that presents a sequence of events or plot; creates a single effect or dominant impression on its reader |
| theme | the central message, concern, or purpose of a work; can usually be directly or indirectly expressed as a generalization, or general statement, about people or life |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else; used to make a point, create a mood, or reinforce a theme |
| setting | he time and place of the action; includes all the details of a place and time - the year, the time of day, even the weather - as well as details such as dialect, clothing, customs, and modes of transportation; can serve as the backdrop or context in which the characters interact or it could drive the action of the characters; often helps to create a particular mood, or feeling |
| internal rhyme | occurs when the rhyming words appear within the same line or corresponding lines |
