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    More terms forStructure inLiterature

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    Repetition

    Repetition: The return

    of a word, phrase,

    stanza form, or effect inany form of literature.

    Repetition is an

    effective literary device

    that may bring comfort,

    suggest order, or addspecial meaning to a

    piece of literature.

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    Motif

    recurring structure,contrast, or literary

    device that canhelp to developand to inform themajor themes of

    the story.

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    Verbal Irony what is said is

    actually the

    opposite of whatismeant/intended. Verbal ironyoccurs when anarrator orcharacter saysone thing andmeanssomething else

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    Situational Irony

    the discrepancybetween

    appearance andreality, or betweenexpectation andfulfillment, or

    between what isand what wouldseem appropriate

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    Dramatic Irony

    When thereader/viewer

    perceivessomething that thecharacter(s) in thework do not know.

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    Internal Conflict

    A struggle occurringwithin the characters

    mind

    Examples:

    Bella must choose

    between Edward

    and Jacob. Amir must decide

    if hell return to

    Afghanistan

    .

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    External Conflict

    struggle between aliterary or dramatic

    character and anoutside force suchas nature oranother character,

    which drives thedramatic action ofthe plot