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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SETTING

TIME AND PLACE IN STORY

PROTAGONIST

THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY, USUALLY BUT NOT ALAWAYS, THE HERO OR GOOD GUY

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ANTAGONIST

OPPONENT OF THE PROTAGONIST

PERSONIFICATION

GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO SOMETHING NOT HUMAN

ALLITERATION

2 OR MORE WORDS HAVING THE SAME BEGINNING LETTER OR SOUND

SIMILE

COMPARISON NOT USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

METAPHOR

COMPARISON NOT USING "LIKE OR "AS"

ONOMATOPOEIA

A SOUND WITTEN AS A WORD

POINT OF VIEW

A CHARACTER IN STORY IS NARRATING THE STORY- USES FIRST PERSON PRONOUNS.

FORESHADOW

HINT OR CLUE ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN LATER IN THE PLOT

FLASHBACK

INTERRUPTION IN THE PRESENT ACTION OF A PLOT TO SHOW EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT AN EARLIR TIME

PARADOX

SOMETHING THAT SEEMS CONTRADICTORY,BUT MAY BE TRUE IN FACT.

DIALOGUE

CONVERSATION BETWEEN 2 MORE CHARACTERS

DIALECT

THE FORM OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE SPECIFIC TO A PARTICULAR ERGION, SOCIAL GROUP, ETC.

HYPERBOLE

EXAGGERATION FOR EFFECT, NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY.

EXAGGERATION

THE USE OVERSTATEMENT FOR COMIC EFFECT.

UNDERSTATEMENT

A DESCRIPTION OF SOMETHING AD LESS THAN IT IS (THE OPPOSITE EXAGGERATION)

VERBAL IRONY

A CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT IS SAID AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY MEANT.

SITUATIONAL IRONY

A SITUATION THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE EXPECT OR OF WHAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE

SARCASM

A TAUNTING REMARK, GENERALLY IRONIC (VERBAL IRONY)