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Homodiegetic narrator/narration
a narrator who uses first person "I" and is located in the story world as a character
Heterodiegetic narrator/narration
a narrator who uses 3rd person and is external to the story world.
Unreliable Narration
refers to a narrator who cannot be trusted to tell the whole truth
Epigraph
literary device where a short quote is placed at the beginning of another work of literature; used as a sort of allusion that adds to the meaning of our understanding of the work we're reading.
Rule of 3
literary device where an idea or element repeats 3 times for emphasis, or to make it more memoerable
Symbol
something that represents something else.
Theme
recurring idea or emphasis in a work of literature
Connotation
the emotional meaning/associations of a word
Denotation
the literal dictionary definition of a word
Ethos
rhetorical technique; refers to credibility of the speaker
Logos
rhetorical technique; refers to logic
Pathos
rhetorical technique; refers to emotion
Verisimilitude
having the appearance of reality
Personification
attributing human characteristics to something nonhuman
Simile
a comparison using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
a direct comparison
Alliteration
the repetition of beginning sounds
Epithet
a descriptive phrase used to characterize someone
Dramatic Irony
when readers know something a character/characters don't
Conceit
an extended metaphor
Rantipole
a wild, reckless, sometimes quarrelsome person
Mischievous
playful in a naughty or teasing way