Literary Devices

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Imagined place/state where everything is bad, often totalitarian or degraded.

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dystopia

Front

Imagined perfect place or state.

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Utopia

Front

Attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience in composition.

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tone

Front

Literary element that evokes feelings in readers through words.

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mood

Front

Use of words to convey a meaning opposite to its literal meaning:

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irony

Front

Central topic of a text

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theme

Front

___________________ are works that provide an account of connected events. A ___________ is a story.

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narrative

Front

Term for language that appeals to the five senses

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imagry

Front

Literary device for logical deductions based on assumed premises.

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inference

Front

Use of hints that set the stage for a story without revealing it.

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foreshadow