Literary Terms Flashcards

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a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing it discribes

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connotation

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charecter that stand in opposition of main charecter

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antagonist

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dictoinary meaning of a word

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denotation

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interruption that takes you back to a certain time

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flashback

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5
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hint of somethibg in the future

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forrshadowing

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conclusion reached based on evidence

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infrence

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literaary element that evokes certain feeling or vibes in readers thorugh words and descriptions

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mood

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events that make up a story

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plot

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how someone sees the sotry

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point of view

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10
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i we

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first

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pronouns you

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second

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12
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he she them they it

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third

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13
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central carechter

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protagonist

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14
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autors own way of writing

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style

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15
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object repersenting another to give it an entirely different meaning

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symbol

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16
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main idea or underlying message

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theme

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attitud eof a writer toward a subject or an audience

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tone