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Lit Term Vocabulary (Competition for Friday) Flashcards

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1
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The main character in the story.

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Protagonist

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The person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the protagonist.

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Antagonist

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The author’s appeal to credibility in persuasive writing.

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Ethos

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The author’s appeal to emotion in persuasive writing.

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Pathos

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The author’s appeal to logic in persuasive writing.

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Logos

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Words that have similar meanings.

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Synonyms

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An educated guess for literature or images.

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Inference

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A form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.

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Propaganda

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Generalizations about a group of people whereby we attribute a defined set of characteristics to this group.

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Stereotypes

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To put pieces of information together to come to or produce a conclusion.

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Synthesize

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Giving the similarities and differences between two items.

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Compare/Contrast

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12
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The repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed by each other.

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Alliteration

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13
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Words that sound like their meaning

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Onomatopoeia

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14
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An over exaggeration used for affect.

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Hyperbole

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A direct comparison of two unlike things saying that one IS the other.

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Metaphor

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16
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A combination of two words that seem to contradict each other.

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Oxymoron

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A statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth.

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Paradox

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Attributing HUMAN characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or idea.

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Personification

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A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”

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Simile

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A scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show a PAST event.

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Flashback

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21
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The most exciting or suspenseful part of the story.

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Climax

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22
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A contrast of what is expected and what really happens.

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Irony

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A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from history, literature, sports, government, etc.

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Allusion

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Language that appeals to the senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell.

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Imagery

25
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A series of related events that make up a story.

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Plot

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A person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work.

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Character

27
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The author’s message or truth about life.

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Theme

28
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The time and place of a story.

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Setting

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The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

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Foreshadowing

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The vantage point from which the story is told.

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Point of View

31
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A person, place, thing, or event that stands for something else and has its own meaning.

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Symbol

32
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The overall emotion created by a work of literature.

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Mood

33
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The attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character.

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Tone

34
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Event that set the central conflict into motion

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Inciting Incident

35
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Portion of the story that provides background information

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Exposition

36
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The struggle or conflict that propels the actions of the story leading to resolution

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Central Conflict

37
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The story is told through someone outside of the action

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Third Limited Point of View

38
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The story is told by a narrator who can reveal the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of more than one character

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Third Omniscient Point of View

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When the audience knows something that the characters in a story do not

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Dramatic Irony

40
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A character’s reason for an action

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Character Motivation

41
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Series of events when action increases in interest leading to climax

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Rising Action

42
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The act of creating or developing a character

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Characterization

43
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When one thing is said, but the but the speaker actually means something else (sarcasm)

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Verbal Irony

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Anxiety a reader feels about the couse of action in a story

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Suspense

45
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A character who exemplifies a lot of traits; well-developed; multi-faceted;reader knows more about them

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Round Character

46
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A character who remains the same throughout the story; not changed by the action of the plot

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Static Character

47
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A character who is not well developed; you see only one trait

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Flat Character

48
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A character who develops, grows, changes, during the course of the action of the story

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Dynamic Character

49
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Struggle between two opposing forces outside of a character’s mind; man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature

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External Conflict

50
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A struggle that occurs in a character’s mind; man vs. himself

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Internal Conflict

51
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The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story

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Foreshadowing

52
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Conflict is unraveled; events leading to resolution

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Falling Action

53
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The story is told by a character using the pronoun “I”; the reader sees only what the character reveals; the narrator may not be reliable; the reader often connects personally with the narrator

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First Person Point of View

54
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Events occur that directly contridict the expectations of the characters and or reader

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Situational Irony

55
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Outcome of the story; conflict is resolved

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Resolution

56
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Speaker or character who tells a story; may be either a character in the story or an outside observer

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Narrator

57
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A difference between appearance and reality; what is said and what is meant, expectations and outcomes

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Irony

58
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A struggle between two opposing forces

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Conflict

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