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Lit Terms Flashcards

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Exposition

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Beginning of the story where all characters and setting are introduced

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Rising action

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Conflicts arise in the story

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Climax

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Turning point of the story

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Resolution

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When all conflicts are solved

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Theme

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Lesson of the story

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Short story

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Usually under 10,000 words and fiction

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Poetry

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Rhythmic form of writing

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Plot diagram

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Map of story line

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non fiction

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a story based off real people and stories

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autobiography

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a book written about a person written by that person

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biography

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a book written about a person by someone else

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conflict

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problem in the story

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irony

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when something is expected to happen but the opposite happens

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15
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simile

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comparison between 2 things using like or as

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metaphor

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comparison w/o like or as

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alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of each word in a sentence

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assonance

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repetition of the sound of a vowel

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consonance

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agreement between opinions or actions

20
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flash back

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reference to something in the past

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for shadowing

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hints the author gives about future events

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verbal irony

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when someone says something but means something else

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dramatic irony

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when the audience knows something the characters don’t

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personification

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giving human like qualities to inanimate objects

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symbol

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an object that represents something greater

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imagery

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descriptive words to make a mental image

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allusion

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reference to a important person and or book

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syntax

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the arrangement of words and phrases to create a sentence

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dictation

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the action of saying words aloud

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connotation

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second meaning to a word

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denotation

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original meaning of a word

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onomatopoeia

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sound words ex) boom, bang, crash

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antagonist

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bad guy

34
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protagonist

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good guy

35
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round character

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a character we know a lot about

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flat character

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a character who we know little about

37
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static character

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a person who does not change through out the story

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dynamic character

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a person who changes a lot through out the story

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epic poem

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a long, serious, poetic narrative about a significant event

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figurative language

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language that contains or uses figures of speech

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fiction

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a story based off of events or people that are not real

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