Literary Terms

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Fictional narrative, limited in length, written in prose

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Short story

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Literary in the form of a prose that describes imaginary events and peoples

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Fiction

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All types of writing except poetry

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Prose

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Another name for a story

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Narrative

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Sequence of events in a literary work

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Plot

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Persons, animals, thing, or natural force presented as person in a short story

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Character

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The time, place or atmosphere where a short story takes place

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Setting

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The vantage point

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Point of view

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Basic meaning of the work

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Theme

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The particular way a writer uses language

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Style

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Makes the audience uncertain

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Suspense

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Hints and clues to suggest what actions are to come

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Foreshadowing

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A struggle between 2 opposing forces

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Conflict

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Man vs himself

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Internal conflict

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Man vs man/ man vs society/ man vs nature/ man vs unknown

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External conflict

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All elements of the fictional section should work together to create a single mood

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Single effect

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Combines sadness in a humerus way

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Tragic-comic

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The opposite of what is expected

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Irony

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When the reader has info that is not known by the character

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Dramatic irony

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When the speaker or writer says the opposite of what they mean

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Verbal irony

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When what happens in a situation is opposite of what was expected

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Situational irony

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Background info

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Exposition

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A moment in time when something worth a task is needed to be done is presented

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Incentive moment

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A series of related incidents built towards the climax

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Rising action/ complications

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High point moment most intence

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Climax/ turning point/ crisis

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After climax/ before end

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Falling action

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The action of solving a problem

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Resolution

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State of being nameless

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Anonymity

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State of being universal

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Universality

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The arrangement of things following one after another in time

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Chronological order

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Words/ phrases that provide a connection between ideas

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Transitional words

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An object, person, place or action that has meaning in itself

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Symbol

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The attitude the author has towards its audience

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Tone

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Vise is punished and virtue is awarded

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Poetic justice

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Placing things side by side for contrast

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Juxtaposition

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The process by which the author describes a character

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Characterization

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Tells the personality of the character directly

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Direct characterization

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Shows things that reveal the personality of the character

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Indirect characterization

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Special words or expressions that are difficult to understand

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Jargon

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Poking fun at jargon

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Mock jargon

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A group of tails held together by the circumstances of the story teller

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Framework story

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A mystery solved by a detective

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Detective story

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To entertain us by taking us away drone everyday life

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Escape literature

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Exists to expand our awareness and understanding of life

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Interpretive literature

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Feeling that the author creates in the reader

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Mood

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Knowing everything

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Omniscient