Allegory

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Allegory

• A story that has meaning beyond the obvious,
  often teaching a lesson or having a moral

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Allusion

• Any reference to something that exists in
  history, literature, or the bible.

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Characterization-Psychological/Social

• A technique to expose and analyze a characters
  personality (beyond what they look like and what
  they say).

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Dialect

• The way a character speaks based on geographic
  location, class, and colloquialism.

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Flashback

• A scene in a literary work that interrupts the
  present action to go backward and tell what
  happened at an earlier time.

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Foreshadowing

• The technique of giving hints or clues that
  suggest or prepare the audience for events that
  occur later in work.

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Hyperbole

• An exaggerated statement used for dramatic effect.

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Imagery

• Language that appeals to the five senses, sight,
  sound, smell, taste and feel.

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Irony

• A contrast between what is expected and what
  really happensbetween what is said and what is
  really meantand, between what appears to be true
  and what is really true

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Metaphor

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison
  between two unlike things.

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Personification

• A technique in which human traits are given to
  animals, plants, inanimate objects, natural
  forces, or abstract ideas.

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Satire/Sarcasm

• A form of humor that tries to improve elements
  of society by poking fun at items needing change,
  sometimes mixed with hostility.

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Simile

• Comparing unlike things using like or as.

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Stream of Consciousness

• Thoughts of a character FLOWS RANDOMLY

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Suspense

• Excitement or tension in the story.

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Symbolism

• An object, person, situation or action that in
  addition to its literal meaning, suggests other
  meanings.

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Theme

• The main message or idea in a work that makes the
  reader come to a new realization about people or
  situations.

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Tone

• The writers attitude toward the subject as
  reflected in the literature.

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Poster Project

• Find a partner (just one).
• Draw a slip of paper with your literary term on
  it.
• Make a poster with
• Literary term (title)
• Example of literary term with a Visual
  Representation (drawing)
• Decide who will print, draw, design, color, etc.
  all group members must participate!
• Use large, clear letters that can be seen easily
  from several feet away. Be creative!
• Be prepared to present your poster to the class.