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Literary Terms Flashcards

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The repetition of the beginning sounds in group of words (usually at the beginning)

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Alliteration

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A technique for providing clues about events that may happen later in the story

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Foreshadowing

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The overall message the author wants you to learn from a piece of writing

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Theme

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The main storyline in a piece of writing

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Plot

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A narrative poem or song that tells a popular story, often of physical courage or love

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Ballad

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A struggle between two or more opposing forces

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Conflict

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A person presented in dramatic or narrative work

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Character

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The highest point of interest in a piece of writing. Events then start to conclude.

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Climax

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Poems characterized by their nonconformity to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza

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Free verse

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An emotional struggle inside a person

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Internal Conflict

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A struggle against the environment/nature or society.

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External Conflict

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The same sound occurring in different words

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Rhyme

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The reason why something has been written or created

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Purpose

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Language that uses figure of speech, such as simile, metaphor, personification, and alliteration; to create imagery

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Figurative language

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The time, place, and situation in which the characters are placed.

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Setting

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An idea or object that is used to represent something else

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Symbolism

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The actual words that characters speak; can be used to create conflict

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Dialogue

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You are unsure what will happen next in a piece of writing. It makes you want to keep reading

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Suspense

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The term given to the opponent who opposes the main character and gives rise to conflict

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Antagonist

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The term given to the main character (the hero) in a selection

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Protagonist

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The perspective the author establishes to tell the story (who is telling the story?)

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Point of view

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The narrator of a selection is also a character. Refers to himself as “I”

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First person point of view

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The narrator of a selection is NOT a character

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Third person point of view

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The overall feeling (light and happy or dark and brooding) created by an author’s choice of words

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Mood

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as; e.g., “You are a dog”

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS; “My love is like a red, red rose”

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Simile

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The sound o a word resemble it’s meaning, e.g., buzz, hiss, etc.

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Onomatopoeia

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A literary device in which human qualities or actions are attributed to non- human beings or objects

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Personfication

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An exaggerated statement used not to deceive, but for humorous or dramatic effect; “It rained cats and dogs

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Hyperbole

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The apparent emotional state, or “attitude,” of the speaker/narrator/narrative voice.

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Tone

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A technique for presenting something that happened earlier to help explain something about the current situation

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Flashback

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Part of a visual that is the main area of interest

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Focal point

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Language that creates pictures in a reader’s mind to bring life to the experiences and feelings described

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Imagery

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The intended meaning is opposite to the spoken word

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Irony

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Language that means exactly what it says

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Literal meaning

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An audience made up of the same kind of people (e.g., children between the ages of eight and twelve, doctors, people who live in northern climates, etc.)

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Target audience

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Still or moving images that communicate information. (Paintings, photographs, cartoons, television, movies, illustrations, drawings, videos, advertisements, etc.)

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Visuals

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