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Literary Terms Flashcards

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1
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complex show many different qualities

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round character

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2
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1D one single trait

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flat character

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3
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develops changes

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dynamic character

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remains same

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static character

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5
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chief character of story usually liked

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protagonist

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opposes protagonist

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antagonist

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author uses this to develop his characters

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characterization

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writer tells reader how character is like

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direct characterization

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uses appearance words thoughts actions to show character

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indirect characterization

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10
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teller of story

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narrator

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omniscient narrator not in story focus on one character

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3rd person limited

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narrator can tell everything how why they think and feel not in story

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third person omniscient

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13
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character in story who says me or i

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first person narrator

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14
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conversation between it amazing character in literary work advances the work in plot

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dialogue

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a way of speaking which is common to region or group

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dialect

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16
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series of events

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plot

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17
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time and place

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setting

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order the story’s events take place

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sequence

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19
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opening of story introduction

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exposition

20
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struggle between opposite forces

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conflict

21
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different conflicts

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man vs man
man vs self
man vs society
man vs nature
man va god

22
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beginning of struggle or complication between pro and antagonist

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rising action

23
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turning point

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climas

24
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intensity lessens after climax loose ends being tided up

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falling actions

25
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remaining minor issues resolved

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resolution

26
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mood or feeling brought by story’s setting

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atmosphere

27
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like style it is created by diction sentence length imagery figurative language overall feeling or atmosphere

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mood

28
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writers attitude toward subject or character or toward audience

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tone

29
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essential element of a writers style

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diction

30
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revealed thru diction sentence structure and tone

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style

31
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overall style and use of language

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voice

32
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conflict is not truly resolved suddenly flash of insight

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epiphany

33
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use of hints or clues to suggest what is to happen later

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foreshadowing

34
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technique used to create feeling of tension make reader wonder what’s next

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suspense

35
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interruption in the story to relate to something that happened in the past

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flashback

36
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logical guess that reader makes based on details in story

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inference

37
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reason behind character action or feeling

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motive

38
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diff or a contradiction between appearance and reality expectation vs reality

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irony

39
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say something but mean opposite

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verbal irony

40
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you know what is going to happen but character don’t

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dramatic irony

41
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refers to event that is contrary to or opposite of what expected

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situational irony

42
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outcome or conclusion that most readers would not have predicted
little easter eggs usually help create situational irony

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surprise ending

43
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reference usually greek or bible

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allusion

44
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object person animal event representing something a bigger feeling or idea appear several times

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symbol

45
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story which character and setting stand for more than beyond themselves

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allegory

46
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general idea or insight about human life that work of literature reveals
universal statement

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theme

47
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takes part in literary work

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character

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