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My learning was lit

This year I learned the following terms and I applied them as I read some pretty great stuff: Allusion- when the author tries to make you picture something without saying directly what it is. Plot-the main events of a story Theme-the overall meaning of a story Diction- the words the author uses and the way he uses them Syntax- putting words into a proper sentence ( a grammatically correct sentence) Indirect characterization- shows why the person acts the way they do Direct characterization- shows you what kind of person the character is (in other words their personality) Static characters-someone’s wow point of views doesn’t change throughout the story Dynamic characters- the characters in the story that face a major change in the story Synecdoche- ??