any literary work meant to be read, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience (includes...
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- Any literary work meant to be read, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience (includes stories, plays, films, music, articles, television shows, speeches, and others).
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- The central message or idea of a text. Theme should Always be a statement (revenge, love, etc. are NOT themes)
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- Any situation which creates tension, doubt, apprehension or dread within the reader or audience.
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- The sequence of events within a text. (Theme is not plot!)
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- The location or backdrop in which a text takes place; setting will include both the time and place at which a story takes place.
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- Events, dialogue, or descriptions (overt or implied) which help to further our understandings of a character.
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- The hero or central character within a text; the character whose story is told by the author.
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- The villain or major obstructing force which works against the protagonist on his journey.
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- The perspective from which a story is told or an event is experienced.
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- A symbol, characteristic, or other idea which a text presents over and over again.
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- A situation or statement which differs from what is expected.
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- Descriptive or dramatic language which refers to the senses (all senses, not simply vision)
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- Overstatement of a situation or description, usually for dramatic effect.
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- A classification of texts which share certain characteristics in general.
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- Events, dialogue, or description which seems to suggest or hint at events which may arise later in the text.
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- Poetic language used to artfully represent an idea for the reader. Usually, Figurative Language describes language which is not meant to be taken literally.
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- Words spoken between characters within a text, usually (but not always) delineated with quotation marks.
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- Problems which arise within a text, usually describing obstacles on the Protagonists journey.
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- Repetition of the sounds which begin words within a sentence or passage.
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- In academic writing, an authors central point and plan of attack for proving that point.
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- A statement or situation which seems to contradict itself or which should be impossible.
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- A reference to another text, best when the text referred to is well- known by an audience.
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- An overt comparison between two different concepts, usually using the words like or so.
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- An implied comparison between two different concepts, often using the verb to be (but not always).
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- The authors specific word choice & vocabulary within a text
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- The authors vehicle for telling a story; the voice which tells a story. Not necessarily the same as the author himself (especially when used for ironic purposes).
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- Specific and usually repeating patterns of rhyme within stanzas or an entire work, not necessarily limited to poetry.
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- The authors feeling toward his subject, usually communicated through the authors diction.
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- An object, person or setting which takes on added significance due to the way it is presented or positioned within a text. Often, symbols are representative of bigger ideas, and/or are tied to the theme.
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- A situation in which two or more ideas or objects are presented in conjunction with one another, often for dramatic or ironic effect.