Literary Terms Flashcards
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Nonfiction
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Writing that is not true
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Fiction
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Writing that is not true
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Genre
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The type of writing
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Setting
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Where and when the story takes place
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Character
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The people or animals taking part in the story
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Protagonist
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The main character or hero
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Antagonist
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The person in conflict with the main character
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Point of view
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From whose perspective 1st narrator involved 3 single character
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Plot
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The sequence of events in the story
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Conflict
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A struggle between to opposing forces Man vs man Man vs self Man vs society Man vs nature Man vs technology Man vs supernatural
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Theme
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Central idea or lesson to be learned
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Suspense
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Not knowing what will happen next
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Irony
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A surprising interesting or amusing contradiction the opposite of what you might expect to happen
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Foreshadowing
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The author gives hints to help you predict what might happen later in the story
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Symbol
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Something that stands for or represents something else
