Literary terms

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breif or indirect reference towards a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cutrutal, or literary significance.

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allusion

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force that goes against the protagonist

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antagonist

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protagonist

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main character

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a person in a novel, play, or movie

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character

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A one dimensional character

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Flat character

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A multi dimensional character that has many intresting traits

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Round character

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A character that remains the same throughout the story

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Static character

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A character that changes in a significant way

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dynamic character

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the occurence of the same letter or sound with consant sounds

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alliteration

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When an author directly tells the reader about a character

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direct characterization

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When the author doesnt tell you about a character directly

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indirect characterization

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a comparison using like or as

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simile

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Comparing without using like or as. directly stated

“this is to that”

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metaphor

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extreme exaggeration(not literal)

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hyperbole

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the use of words that imatate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

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onomatopoeia

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giving a human characteristic to something non-human

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personification

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a hint of what is to come, you should have seen it.

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foreshadow

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“the stuff of poetry” sense, visual description

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imagery

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reversal of expectations

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situational irony

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when you say one thing but you mean another

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Verbal irony

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when readers know something that the character does not.

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Dramatic irony

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characters, setting, introduces the conflict

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exposition

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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest intesity

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rising action

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point of highest tension or intensity in a story

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climax

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parts of a story after the climax before the conclusion

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falling action

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denouement

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end of a story; conclusion

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Narrator is a character in the story (I, me, you)

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1st person point of view

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any type of character that isn’t first person( or character in the story) only follows a character around

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Third person limited point of view

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All knowing point of view

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Third person omniscient point of view

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time and place

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setting

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a group of lines composed of two or more lines within a poem

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stanza

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a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

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suspense

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anything that represnets something greater than itself

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symbol

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the main idea of a story; the subject of a story

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theme

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the authors attitude towards the subject

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tone

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conflicts between a character vs. himself; psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramtic character

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internal conflict

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struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot

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external conflict