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Static character

Verbal Irony

Style

Tone

Symbol

Theme

Stage directions

Setting

Simile

Round character

Situational irony

part of a play that tells what actors do; not spoken aloud when reading lines

an author’s individual writing qualities

the time AND place of a story

when someone says the opposite of what he or she means

character with many different traits, sides, or characteristics

comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

character who does not change over the course of the story

an object used to represent an object, person, or idea; adds deeper meaning to storyline

when the opposite of what one expects occurs

a central idea or message an author focuses on in a piece

the way the author feels toward his or her subject