literary terms

Question 1

a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the piont of greatest interest.

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rising action

Question 2

the angle or point of view from which a story is told.

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perspective

Question 3

the cause that moves a character to act.

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motive

Question 4

a combination of terms that contradict each other.

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oxymoron

Question 5

a person, or anything presented as a person in a literary work.

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character

Question 6

the decisive moment in a literary work that determines the outcome of the conflict.

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climax

Question 7

a conversation between characters.

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dialogue

Question 8

the story of a person’s life written by himself or herself.

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autobiaography

Question 9

a refrence to an event that took place prior to the begining of a story/ in the past.

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flashback

Question 10

a method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is going to happen later on.

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foreshadowing

Question 11

using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

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symbolism

Question 12

the attitude that a writer takes towards a subject or character. E.g. serious, humorous sarcastic ect…

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tone

Question 13

the struggle found within the literary work.

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conflict

Question 14

an exaggeration or overstatement in a piece of literature.

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hyperbole

Question 15

a comparison of to unlike things.

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metaphor

Question 16

a word or group of words on a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell.

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imagery

Question 17

a method used by the writer to develop a character. E.g. showing their appearance, displaying their actions, thoughts ect…

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characterization

Question 18

the story of a person’s life written by someone other than the subject of the work/ the person its about.

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biography

Question 19

when the result of an action is the revers of what the actor expected.

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irony

Question 20

a figure of speech in which something non-human is given a human characteristics.

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personification

Question 21

the events that happen in a story.

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plot

Question 22

the hero or main character in a literary work.

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protagonist

Question 23

the person that opposes the main character in a literary work.

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antagonist

Question 24

the time and place in which a story takes place.

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setting

Question 25

when the main character is portrayed in a way so they are immediatly identified with a group.

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stereotype

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provides an answer to the question: what is this work about?

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theme

Question 27

a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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simile

Question 28

the moment that triggers the conflict in the story.

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initial incedent