1. Literary Terms (Part Four)

2. Dialect Regional Speech

3. Flashback Interruption of the narrative to show an episode that happened before the story opens

4. Foreshadowing When the author gives hints as to what will happen next

5. Irony The opposite of what is expected -- examples include verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony

6. Local Color A writing about a particular locality that uses the customs and dialect of that place

7. Mood The emotional attitude that an author takes toward his subject

8. Satire Use of sarcasm or irony to attack or ridicule a habit, custom, or idea

9. Symbol An object that represents a concept or theme in a literary work

10. Tone The stated or implied attitude of an author toward his subject in a particular literary work -- the author reveals his attitude through his choice of words and details