Lit terms 1

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struggle between opposing forces in a literary work

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conflict

Question 1

a statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth

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paradox

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characteristic speech of a region

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dialect

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reference to an outside fact, event or source

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allusion

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gross exaggeration; overstatement

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hyperbole

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address to a person or personified object not present

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apostrophe

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figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities

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personification

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use of words to represent things, actions or ideas by sensory descriptions

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imagery

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turning point of a literary work; the point at which the conflict must be resolved

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climax

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writer’s natural, instinctive style of expression

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voice

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person in a literary work who is telling the story

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first person narration

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literary technique in which the author ridicules certain kinds of behavior in order to change them

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satire

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an account of a person’s life written by another individual

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biography

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the emotional associations a word evokes

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connotation

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the author’s major idea or meaning

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theme

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major category of literature: prose, poetry, or drama

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genre

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distinctive, individual quality that distinguishes the work of one writer from another

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style

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constructing words or phrases in a similar pattern

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parallelism

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literary technique in which the characters, events, and/or details have both a literal and symbolic meaning

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allegory

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the observation point from which an author tells a story

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point of view