Literary Terms Flashcards
1
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Protagonist
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Main character in a work of fiction, whose flaws we understand
2
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Patriarchal
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Male based, men have more power
3
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Matriarchal
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Female based, women centered, women have more power
4
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Narrative
A
Story
5
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Theme
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Central idea or thread in a work of prose (NOT the subject matter)
6
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Prose
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Not Poetry
7
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Amalgamation
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A combination of things
8
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Posterity
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Future generations
9
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Auteur
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Not authentic enough, too much through her lens
10
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Tone
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Author’s attitude towards the subject matter
11
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Novel
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Book-length work of fiction
12
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Fiction
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A story that is made up
13
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First Person
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Uses “I”
14
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Second Person
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Uses “You” sometimes = reader, sometimes you = I
15
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Third Person
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Uses “He”, “She”, or “They” (Very close third: a characters imagining)
