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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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