Literary Terms Test

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A historical, geographical, literary, religious reference in a story

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Allusion

Front

Synonym for basic situation, gets the story going, usually at the beginning, characters and setting are introduced

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Exposition

Front

Repeated events in a story

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Parallel Episode

Front

The situation turns out to be just the opposite of what we'd expect. Options: Situational irony, Situational Irony, situational irony, situational Irony

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Situational irony

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The use of hints of clues to suggest what will happen later.

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Foreshadowing

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A way of speaking that is characteristic to a particular place or group of people

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Dialect

Front

The character that opposes the protagonist

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antagonist, Antagonist

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A character that changes

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Dynamic Character, dynamic Character, dynamic character, Dynamic character, Dynamic Characters

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The events in a story

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Plot

Front

When the characters say one thing but means something else

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Verbal Irony