13 Fancy Literary Techniques Explained by Disney

Theme

• A very typical example of a person, place, or thing. A recurring symbol or motif.

• Speaking directly to and acknowledging the audience.

• A common thread or repeated idea. It is the author's moral message.

• The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion.

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Symbolism

• An object, character, figure, or color that is used to represent an abstract idea or concept.

• It occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the reader but not by the characters

• The final part of a play or movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved.

• A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast.

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Dramatic Irony

• A brief reference in a literary work to a person,place, or thing, or passage in another literary work.

• A warning or indication of a future event.

• The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved.

• This occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the reader but not by the characters in the literary work.

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Foil

• A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast.

• A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated through a literary work. It is the author's moral message.

• The turning point in the action, and/or the highest point of interest or excitement.

• The portion of the story that introduces important background information to the reader.

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Allusion

• A warning or indication of a future event.

• Speaking directly to or acknowledging the audience.

• A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work.

• The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the reader.

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Foreshadowing

• A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work.

• A warning or indication of a future event.

• An inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more character or forces. EX: Man VS Man; Man VS Self; Man VS Nature

• The turning point in the action, also known as the highest point of interest or excitement.

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Archetype

• The final part of the story, play, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved.

• A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast.

• A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work.

• A very typical example of a certain person or thing. A constantly recurring symbol or motif in literature. An original that has been imitated.

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Mood

• The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the reader.

• An object, character, figure, or color that is used to represent an abstract idea or concept.

• A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work.

• A warning or indication of a future event.

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Breaking the Fourth Wall

• The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the reader.

• The final part of the literary work in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved.

• Speaking directly to or acknowledging the audience.

• The turning point in the action and the highest point of interest or excitement.

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Exposition

• The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the reader.

• A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated through out the literary work.

• A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast.

• The portion of the story that introduces important background information to the reader, the information about the setting, events occuring before the main plot, and characters' back stories.

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