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Foreshadow
y The use of clues or hints to suggest events that willoccur
later in the plot.
y Example from Where the Red Fern Grows: Although the old hound
had no way of knowing it, he had
stirred memories, and what priceless treasures they
wereofunselfish devotion, and death in its saddest form.
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Mood
y The overall emotion created by a work of literature.
Example from The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and
weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While
I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some
one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,'
I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing
more.'
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to
borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore
-For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore
-Nameless here for evermore.
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Tone
y The attitude that a writer takes toward his or hersubject,
characters, and audience.
Authors use tone to create the type of mood that they want
for
their piece of literature. Examples of sarcastic tone from
Catcher in the Rye:
Catholics are always trying to find out if you're Catholic.
"If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a d*@^ if
she'slate? Nobody.
"People never believe you. "All morons hate it when you call
them a moron."
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Simile
y Acomparison between two things, using the wordslike, as, than,
or resembles.
y Example: Her voice is as sweet as a bell.
He is like a machine, hes so strong!
Its like a freezer in here! Brrrrrr
y Example from Mother and Daughter:The dye was falling from her
dress likeblack tears.
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Metaphor
y An imaginative comparison between two things inwhich one thing
is said to be another thing.
He is a monster! He needs to learn to control his temper. Dont
be such a silly goose!
That woman at the storewas a helicopter, the way she
hoveredaround us the whole time!
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Internal Conflict
y Astruggle that takes place within a characters ownmind. It is
a struggle between opposing needs,desires, choices, or
emotions.
Example from The Outsiders: The struggle of Johnny and Ponyboy
of whether or not they should
turn themselves in.
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External Conflict
y Astruggle that occurs between characters or betweena character
and a larger force, such as nature orsociety. (Man vs Man, Man vs
Nature, Man vs Society)
Example from The Outsiders:
Physical struggle between the social classes: Greasers vs.
Socs
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Personification
y Afigure of speech in which a non-human or non-living thing
orquality is described as if it werehuman/alive.
Examples: The wind howled angrily around the house!
The candle flame danced in the darkness
The chair hugged me as I sank into it.
Her love will die.
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Symbolism
y Using a person, place, thing, or event that hasmeaning in
itself to stand for something beyonditself as well
Examples: Dove represents peace
Apple represents original sin
Heart represents love
Cross represents Christian faith
Rain represents sadness
Raven represents death
