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=Literary Term: foreshadowing=

Definition: use of clues to hint future events

 * Beers, G. Kylene. "Handbook of Literary Terms." //Holt Elements of Literature ://. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 1132-133. Print.

Examples:
1. 2. Fred left the house at eleven o'clock and drove into town. He was meeting his father for lunch at Brown's. Officially, they were just 'catching up', but they both knew Fred needed money again - and not such a small amount this time, either. 3. The first thing Mary saw when she pulled back the curtains was a solitary magpie sitting on the fence. She waited for a second bird to appear, but no magpie came.

Rationale: the author uses foreshadowing to hint the reader whats going to happen. he uses clue to hint of things that are going to happen.
=Literary Term: speaker=

Definition:
voice that tells the story Beers, G. Kylene. "Handbook of Literary Terms." //Holt Elements of Literature ://. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 1132-133. Print.

Examples:

 * 1) the boy went to the store. i would be the speaker in that sentence
 * 2) narrator
 * 3) the cowboy guy in the movie "The Big Lebowski."

Rationale: the author uses speaker because he is the speaker

=Literary Term: characterization=

Definition:the process of revealing personality of a character

 * Beers, G. Kylene. "Handbook of Literary Terms." //Holt Elements of Literature ://. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 1132-133. Print.

Examples:

 * 1) Example Two (page number)
 * 2) Example Three (page number)

Rationale: the author uses characterization to
=Literary Term: symbolism=

Definition: person, place, thing or event that stands for itself
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 * Beers, G. Kylene. "Handbook of Literary Terms." //Holt Elements of Literature ://. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 1132-133. Print.

Examples:
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 * 1) The story was filled with religious //symbolism//

Rationale:
=Literary Term: theme=

Definition:

 * Beers, G. Kylene. "Handbook of Literary Terms." //Holt Elements of Literature ://. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 1132-133. Print.

Examples:

 * 1) Example One (page number)
 * 2) Example Two (page number)
 * 3) Example Three (page number)

Rationale: the author uses theme to explain the story
=Literary Term: epithet=

Definition: a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing

 * Beers, G. Kylene. "Handbook of Literary Terms." //Holt Elements of Literature ://. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 1132-133. Print.

Examples:

 * 1) His charitable works have earned him the epithet “ Mr. Philanthropy
 * 2) Many were offended by her use of racial //epithets//
 * 3) a group of angry people hurling //epithets// at one another