Literary Terms Flashcards

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Anthropomorphism

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The act of acting like a human rather than just being characteristics

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Fairy Tale

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A story that doesn’t contain a message (only entertainment)

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Fable

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A story/message with morality

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3rd POV

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Omniscient- knowing everything
Limited- doesn’t know everything; only one character

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1st POV

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Within the character; thoughts

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Diction

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Writers choice of words

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POV

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Point of view; the way you are reading the book

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2nd POV

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Narrator talking to reader with no thoughts; mainly non-fiction

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Allusion

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Words that mean different things that first read;come from mythology, bible, historical events, political, culture

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Allegory

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A story within a story; it has a surface story then another underneath

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Personification

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The attribute of human characteristics to a non-human
- Characteristics only
- Create Imagery
- Figurative Meaning

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