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Literary Terms Flashcards

1
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short story

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breif fictional story

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plot

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events in story

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theme

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message or lesson

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setting

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where and when the story takes place

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characterization

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how a character is portrayed

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direct characterization

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the narrator tells us what a character is like, ‘You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch!”

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indirect characterization

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we found out through dialogue, description of a character, and what others say.

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Protagonist

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main character

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antagonist

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character that has conflict with the protagonist

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round character

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many human traits make a personality

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flat character

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one personality trait stereotype

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dynamic character

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a character who changes mentally by the end of the story

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static character

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character that doesn’t change

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irony

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expectation vs reality

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verbal irony

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sarcastic remarks “I cant wait to go to Mrs. Bailie’s class to take notes!”

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situational Irony

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something happens that isn’t expected =fire station burns down, powerplant goes out, police station gets robbed

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Dramatic Irony

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the audience knows something the character doesn’t. The killer is behind the shower curtain victim walks in.

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Allusion

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reference to history or culture that the author expects us to know

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conflict

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problem

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Internal conflict

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man vs. self

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external conflict

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man vs. man

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point of view

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perspective of story

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first person

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narrator uses I

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third person ominient

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narrator not in story but knows all things

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third person limited

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narrator is not in story but only knows one person’s point of view

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second person

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“You” recipe, how-to guides, instructions

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foil

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characters that are opposite to each other

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simile

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comparison using like or as. “He was as fast as a cheetah.”

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metaphor

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comparison not using like or as “He was a cheetah on the field.”

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personification

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giving non-human traits to a nonhuman object

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flashback

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past memories

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foreshadowing

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giving hints to what will happen in the future

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allegory

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story with morals or lesson/characters is symbolic or literal.

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satire

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making fun of weaknesses in society to prove a point

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mood

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how a story/reading makes the reader feel

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tone

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the authors attitude towards his/her work

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imagery

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language that appeals to the 5 senses

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symbolism

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something that represents an idea of belief dove=peace, flag=patrism, skull and crossbones=posion

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dialogue

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conversation between characters

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exposition

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background info in a story (characters conflict setting)

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narrative hook

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found in the exposition hooks the readers attention so they want to keep reading

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rising action

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events in the story leaving to the climax of the conflict

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climax

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highest point of interest in the story the Ah-Ha moment

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falling action

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events leading to the end of a story

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resolution

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the conflict is resolved at the end of a story not always a happily ever after

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epic

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long poem or story narrating a hero’s deeds and adventures

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” The limo is as long as a football field

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onomatopoeia

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words that sound like noise/sound effects “Oink” “Meow” “Bang” “Boom”

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soliloquy

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a long speech by a character on stage alone (thinking aloud.

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suspense

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feelings of excitement or anxious uncertainty about something

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voice

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author’s use of language to make the story unique

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oxymoron

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words that contradict eachother (jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, icy hot, small crowd, old news)

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Myth

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the traditional story concerning a history of a people explaining a natural event.

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