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18 cards·by pri899
A warning or indication of a future event
Foreshadowing
How the author controls or unfolds the story through the narrator
Pacing
narrative device that refers back to and emphasizes an earlier event
Flashback
The time and place a story takes place
Setting
The atomosphere in a literary work
Mood
involves a struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
The authors intentional word choice
Diction
The main character
Protagonist
the deliberate repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
A form of language spoken in a particular area or region
Dialect
A word or object that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Refers to a particular type of literature
Genre
A poem that tells a story
Narrative Poem
Giving nonhuman things human characteristics
Personification
a comparison between to unlike things using like or as
Simile
A comparison between to unlike NOT using like or as
Metaphor
use of sound words
onomatopeia
recurring pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem
Rhythm