Literary Terminology

Question 1

Autobiography

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The biography of oneself narrated by oneself

Question 2

Biography

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Form of literature commonly considered non fiction

Question 3

Climax

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A point in a narrative which the conflict is at its highest

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Internal Conflict

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Conflict caused by internal reasons

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Denouement

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Litterary device which can be defined as word choice

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Diction

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Authors word choice

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Dynamic character

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A character who goes through a internal change

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Epithet

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Literary device that describes a place, a thing or a person

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Exposition

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Literary device that introduces background, setting and characters

Question 10

Fable

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A fictional story in prose or verse

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Fantasy

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Form of literature that the plot can’t occur in the real world

Question 12

Fiction

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Form of literature made from imagination

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Flat character

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A character that is uncomplicated and remains unchanged

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Foreshadowing

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A litterary device in which the author hints on what will happen

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration of ideas

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Idiom

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A phrase that is exprosional not literal

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Imagery

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Language that appeals our 5 senses to describe what’s happening

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Irony

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A different out come from what was expected

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Memoir

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A written form about someone’s life (facts)

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Metaphor

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Describing 2 different things using the word “is”

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Meter

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Stressed and unstressed syllabic patterns

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Mood

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How the story makes you feel

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Moral

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A message or lesson learned from the story or poem

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Narrator

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A person who tells the story

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Third person omniscient

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Third person in which the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character

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Person against another

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Man vs man
Man vs nature
Man vs self

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Personification

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Figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to non human objects

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First person POV

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Where the story is narrated by 1 person at a time

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Third person POV

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Narrated by third person

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Resolution

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Part of story where the problem is resolved

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Rising actions/complications

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Part of the story where interest and tension rises

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Round character

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A character that is complex and has many layers

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Setting

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The environment in which the story takes place

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Simile

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Shows similarities from 2 different things using the word like

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Static character

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A character that undergoes little or no change

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Theme

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The main idea or underlying message of the litterary work

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Tone

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Attitude the writer has to the subject

Question 38

Tragedy

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Kind of story about human suffering by terrible event in a dignified manner