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Literary Terms
Literary Terms For OMM
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English
9th Grade
09/19/2012

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Verbal Irony
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words that are intended to mean the exact opposite of what is stated ( not to be confused with sarcasm )
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Situational Irony
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An unexpected turn of events
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Dramatic Irony
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An awareness of info by the audience and by one or more characters on stage, not shared by another character
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Allusion
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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known as such as an event book myth place or work of art.
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Dialogue
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The quoted convo of two or more ppl. providing details abt. the characters and their situation
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Symbolism
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Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else
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Natural Symbols
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Objs. & Occurrences from nature 2 symbolize ideas commonly associated w/ them.
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Conventional Symbols
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Those that have been invested w/ meaning by a group.
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Literary Symbols
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Sometimes also conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works and are more generally realized.
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Diction(word choice)
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Refers to the writer's word choices, esp/ w/ regard 2 their correctness clearness or effectiveness
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Dialect
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the language of a particular district class or group of persons
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