English I -Tom Sawyer
Terms
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- perform
- the word Twain uses to describe what the characters do
- swag
- stolen money
- Allusion
- reference to another work of literature (famous person, place or historical event)
- situational irony
- contrast between what the character or reader expects and what actually happens or exists
- dramatic irony
- type that occurs when the reader knows something the character does not
- Satire
- ideas or customs are ridiculed (made fun of) for the purpose of improving socieity
- Irony
- special kind of contratst between appearance and realtiy; reality is opposite of what it seems
- 3rd person omniscient
- the story is narrated from this point of view
- foreshadowing
- use of hints or clues about events and situations that will happen later in the plot
- vagrant
- beggar
- verbal irony
- someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another
- foil
- a character in literature who provides a striking contrast to another character; Tom & Sid