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| interior monologue | A passage of writing presenting a character's inner thoughts and emotions in a direct, sometimes disjointed or fragmentary manner |
| unreliable narrator | An unreliable narrator is a character whose telling of the story is not completely accurate or credible due to problems with the character's mental state or maturity. |
| juxtaposition | a side-by-side comparison of two things, such as settings, characters, or ideas. |
| pace | the rate at which a story develops |
| denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word |
| connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. |
| flashback | the interruption of present-tense action to reveal a scene that took place at an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | the author gives hints that suggest future events in a story |
| allusion | the writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature |
| parallel structure | repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance or are connected thematically |
| irony | when the outcome is the opposite of what is expected |
| imagery | descriptive language that appeals to the reader’s senses |
| simile | a comparison of two different things using “like” or “as” |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two different things; conveys meaning by this comparison |
| personification | When a non-living object or animal is spoken of as though it is a person |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration for purposeful effect, it is not to be taken literally |
