TX PACT: Essential Academic Skills 700

Foreshadowing - he narra or or charac er hin s a a fu ure plo poin Symbolism - when an objec s ands for some hing larger han i self recurring heme - he epe i ion of a heme/image hroughou he s ory o symbolize meaning.... For example, in Disney's Frozen, he closed/shu door is epea ed hroughou he movie in various scenes Sa ire - he use of humor or exaggera ion o cri ique human na ure or a charac er Irony - an incongrui y be ween wha he eader expec s he au hor o mean and wha hey ac ually mean " here are people who hink ha hones y is always he bes policy. his is a supers i ion; here are imes when he appearance of i is wor h six of i " Mark wain uses a common expression, bu uses i as a se up o debunk he expression verbal irony - sarcasm- con ras be ween wha is said and wha is mean Si ua ional irony - a discrepancy be ween wha is expec ed o happen and wha ac ually happens Drama ic irony - he con ras be ween wha a charac er expec s and wha he audience knows is rue Unders a emen - when he au hor minimizes a significan poin for effec synonym - A word ha means he same as ano her word an onym - a word ha means he opposi e of ano her word allusion - a eference o someone or some hing ou side of ex Ex: You're being a scrooge Apos rophe - A figure of speech ha direc ly addresses an absen or imaginary person or a personified abs rac ion, such as liber y or love. allegory - an ex ended me aphor wi h wo meanings