Literature Terms

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When what is said is not what is meant

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Verbal irony

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Sense of reality

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Verisimilitude

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Giving human characteristics to something non-human

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personification

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When an event turns out differently than expected

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irony of situation

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Represents something other than itself

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symbol

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When the reader knows something hidden to a character

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dramatic irony

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The solving of conflict

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resolution

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A comparison using "is," "are," etc.

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simile

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A character that does not change

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static character

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Going back in time

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flashback