2nd set 25 lit terms
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- irony
- in its original Greek sense means the pretense of ignorance in order to ridicule a person or to expose the truth abut a situation
- limited third-person point of view
- the story is told by an outside observer who views the action from the vantage point of a single character in the story
- metaphor
- a figure of speechin which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implict comparison, as in "a sea of troubles"
- moral
- a lesson or tule about how to live
- motivation
- the reaons why the character acts as he or she does
- onmiscienct point of view
- the narrator is a godlike observer who knows everything that is going on in the story
- parody
- a humorous imitation of a serious work or of a particular style of writing
- protagonist
- the main character in a story
- public symbols
- symbols in our culture that we know and recognize at once
- reolution/denouement
- all the problems are resolved and the story is "closed"
- sarcasm
- a form of wit that is marked by the use of cruel language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule
- satire
- any writing that uses ridicule to bring about social reform
- setting
- the time and place of the story
- simile
- a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been." (Shakespeare)
- situation irony
- describes an occurrence that is the opposite of what we expected
- stanard English
- the formal way of speaking and writing taught in schools
- static character
- remains the same throughout the story
- stock character
- fits our preconceived notions about a "type"; lacks individuality
- suspense
- the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in the story
- symbol
- an object that suggests an idea
- theme
- the central idea or insight of a work of literature
- tone
- the attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, audience or character
- verbal irony
- saying one thing but meaning the opposite
- verisimilitude
- truth or believability
- vignette
- a very short literary sketch, often one that is suggestive and poetic in style