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Literary Terms Continued who opposes or is in conflict with the main character 17. Antagonist: a major character or force and or protagonist; thc bad guy...

Literary Terms Continued who opposes or is in conflict with the main character 17. Antagonist: a major character or force and or protagonist; thc bad guy two characters that is used to reveal character and to 18. Dialogue: a conversation between advance the story line or action and reality – between what is said and 19. Irony: contrast or discrepancy between expectation really does happen; or what is really meant;between what is expected to happen and what betweern what appears to be true and what is really true Verbal Irony: words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant knows somnething important that the main character Dramatic Irony:the audience or reader in the story does not know directly contradicts the expectations of the Situational Irony: an event occurs that characters, the reader, or the audience 20. Foreshadowing: use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot 21. Allusion: reference in a story to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, myth, politics,sports, science, or a pop culture 22. Satire: type of writing that uses humor or criticism to ridicule a group of people, humanity at large, an attitude or failing, or a social institution in order to reveal weakness and/or in hopes of improving them 23. Tone: attitude the writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character; it is conveyed through the writer's choice of words and details; can be formal, informal, serious, playful, bitter, ironic, etc 24. Diction: a writer's or speaker's choice of words; using different types of words depending on the audiencebeing addressed, the subject being discussed, and the effect or mood trying to be produced 25. Dialect: way of speakingthat is characteristic of a particular region or group 26. Anecdote: brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event used to entertain or to make a point 27. Flashback: section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time 28. Alliteration: repeating the same beginning sound of closely linked words 29. Simile: comparing 2 things to add meaning using connective words (“like or "as") 30. Metaphor:comparing 2 things to add meaning without using connectivewords 31. Personification: when an animal,object, or force is given human personality traits 32. Hyperbole: overstatementor exaggeration for special effect 33. Imagery: descriptive language that appealsto any of the senses