The Metamorphosis-Literary Elements & Devices

Ms. Goodrum (United States of America)
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  1. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  2. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  3. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  4. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  5. characterization
    the act of describing essential features
  6. novella
    a short novel
  7. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
Created on Tue Nov 19 09:30:54 EST 2013 (updated Tue Nov 18 10:14:49 EST 2014)

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