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Fiction/Literary Terms Vocab Flashcards

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Allegory

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Plot, characters, and symbols that take on a meaning beyond the story itself

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Ambiguity

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A property of symbols and metaphors that allows them to have multiple interpretations

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Archetype

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The original pattern or model of a detail, image, or character which is frequently used in literature and myth

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Allusion

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A refereance to something in history or previous literature

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Comparison

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The identification of the similarities between people, places, ideas, or things

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Conflict

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The opposition of two forces in a story

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Connotation

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The implied or associative meaning of a word

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Character

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An individual (usually a person) in a narrative

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Contrast

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The identification of the differences between people, places, ideas, or things

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Denouement

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The final portion of a story in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of the word

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Diction

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Word choice

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Exposition

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The portion of a story in which necessary background information is provided

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Figurative Language

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Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of the word

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Frame Story

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A narrative providing the framework for connecting a series of otherwise unrelated stories; a story within a story

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Fiction

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Writing that has its basis in the imagination

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Foreshadowing

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Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a story

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Flashback

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The interruption of the narrative to show or tell about an incident from the past

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Fable

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A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

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Imagery

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The representation of sense expressions through language

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Irony

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The usage of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

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Juxtaposition

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The placement of two elements side by side for the purpose of comparison

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Narrator

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The one who tells the story; may be 1st or 3rd person, limited or omniscient

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Novel

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An extended fictional prose narrative focusing on a main character and involving dozens of secondary characters

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Oxymoron

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Combines contradicting things

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Paradox

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An apparent contradiction that is nevertheless true

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Parable

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A simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson

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Point of View

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The vantage point from which a story is told

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Plot

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The action of a narrative or drama

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Protagonist

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The leading or main character in a story

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Personification

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Giving attributes/characteristics to non-human things

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Reliability of Narrator

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The credibility of the character telling the story

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Revelation/Recognition

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The point when a character understands their situation as it really is

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Retrospection

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Looking back from the present time and recounting something whichSymbolism occurred in the past

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Setting

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The general or specific time or place in which a story takes place

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Stream-of-Conciousness

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A continuous, uninterrupted flow of a character’s thoughts and feellings

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Symbolism

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The use of objects to represent something else

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Stock Character

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A fictional character based on a common literary or social stereotype

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Satire

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the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions

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Theme

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The idea the piece is trying to convey

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Tone

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The attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience

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Verisimilitude

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The degree of believe-ability of the story

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Myth

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A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events

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Universal Symbol

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Another term for archetype

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Foil

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A character that serves,by contrast, to highlight or emphasize opposing traits in another character

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