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Literary Terms Flashcards

1
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Short Story

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brief fictional story

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plot

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events in the 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 the character is like “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch!”

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Indirect characterization

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we find out through dialogue, description of the 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 a conflict with protagonist

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round character

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many human traits t make a personality

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flat character

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one personality trait-sterotype

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dynamic character

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character who changes mentally by the end of the story

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static character

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character who 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 can’t wait to go to Ms. Bailey’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, power goes out, police station gets robbed

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dramatic Irony

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the audience knows something that the character doesn’t. A killer is behind the shower curtain-victim walks into a bathroom.

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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(internal)
man vs. man(external)
man vs. nature(external)
man vs. society(external)
man vs. higher power/fate(external)

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point of view

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perspective of the story

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first person

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narrator uses

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third person omniscient

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narrator is not in the story but knows everything

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third person limited

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the narrator is not in the story but knows all things

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second person

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“you”, recipes, how-to guides, instructions

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foil

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characters that are opposite of eachother

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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 human traits to nonhuman objects

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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 a moral or lesson/characters are symbolic and 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 does a story/reading makes the reader feel

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tone

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the author’s attitude toward 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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somethin that represents an idea or brief dove=peace, flag= patriotism, skull and crossbones=poison

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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

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narrative hook

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found in the exposition/ hooks the reader’s attention so they want to keep reading

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rising action

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events in story leaving to the climax of the conflict

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climax

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the 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 the story

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Resolution

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the conflict is resolved at the end f the story. Not always a happily even after

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epic

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

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration.”I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”

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onomatopoeia

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

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soliloquy

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long speech by a character on stage alone”thining aloud”

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suspense

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the feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about something

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voice

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authors use of lauguage to make the story unique

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Oxymoron

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

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Myth

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

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