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An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.
Industry:Literature
A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.
Industry:Literature
The point at which a character understands his or her situation as it really is.
Industry:Literature
The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story. See Plot.
Industry:Literature
The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist. See Recognition and also Irony.
Industry:Literature
A humorous, mocking imitation of a literary work, sometimes sarcastic, but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Industry:Literature
The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. An example: The yellow leaves flaunted their color gaily in the breeze. Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" includes personification.
Industry:Literature
A brief story that teaches a lesson often ethical or spiritual. See Fable.
Industry:Literature