PreAP 9 Lit. Elements

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giving hints or clues of what is to come later in the story

• foreshadowing

• situational irony

• symbolism

• personification

• suspense

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a conclusion drawn from facts in the story

• foreshadowing

• resolution

• symbolism

• personification

• inference

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the action or sequence of events in a story

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• symbolism

• personification

• plot

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a person, place, or thing is used to represent something else

• climax

• external conflict

• symbolism

• internal conflict

• plot

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a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• exposition

• alliteration

• internal conflict

• metaphor

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an object or animal is given human characteristics

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• suspense

• symbolism

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a comparison using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• suspense

• 1st person

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a reference to history, the bible, a myth, literature, paintings, or music

• allusion

• characterization

• symbolism

• internal conflict

• perspective

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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of 2 or more words

• allusion

• anaphora

• symbolism

• alliteration

• indirect characterization

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the author provides clues about a character by describing what he/she looks like, does, and says; an inference must be made

• allusion

• characterization

• symbolism

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization