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English10ProvincialExamTerminologies

ExaminableTermsandDevicesinLiterature
Name:

A
Alliteration

Example:

Allusion

Example:

Antagonist

Example:

Aside

Example:

Atmosphere

Example:

Audience

Example:

B
Ballad

Example:

Bias

Example:

Blankverse

Example:

C
Character

Example:

Chronologicalorder

Example:

Clich

Example:

Climax

Example:

Colloquial

Example:

Comedy

Example:

Compare

Example:

Conflict(internal,external)

Example:

Connotation

Example:

Contrast

Example:

D
Denotation

Example:

Description

Example:

Dialogue

Example:

Directpresentation

Example:

Drama

Example:

Dynamiccharacter

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E
Exposition

Example:

Expository

Example:

F
Fallingaction

Example:

Figurativelanguage

Example:

Firstpersonpointofview

Example:

Flashback

Example:

Flatcharacter

Example:

Foil

Example:

Foreshadowing

Example:

Freeverse

Example:

G
Genre

Example:

H
Hyperbole

Example:

I
Image

Example:

Imagery

Example:

Indirectpresentation

Example:

Irony

Example:

J
Jargon

Example:

L
Limitedomniscient

Example:

Lyric

Example:

M
Metaphor

Example:

Mood

Example:

N
Narration

Example:

Narrative

Example:

Narrator

Example:

O
Objectivepointofview

Example:

Omniscientpointofview

Example:

Onomatopoeia

Example:

Oxymoron

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P
Paradox

Example:

Personification

Example:

Persuasion;persuasive

Example:

Plot

Example:

Pointofview

Example:

Propaganda

Example:

Protagonist

Example:

R
Refrain

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Resolution

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Rhyme

Example:

Rhymescheme

Example:

Rhythm

Example:

Risingaction

Example:

Roundcharacter

Example:

S
Sarcasm

Example:

Satire

Example:

Setting

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Simile

Example:

Slang

Example:

Sonnet

Example:

Speaker

Example:

Stanza

Example:

Staticcharacter

Example:

Stereotypedcharacter

Example:

Style

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Suspense

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Symbol;symbolism

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T
Theme

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Tone

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Tragedy

Example:

U
Understatement

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