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Literary Terms Flashcards

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Analogy

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A comparison that shows similarities between two things that are otherwise unalike

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Alliteration

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A repetition of the consonant sound at the beginning two or more words that are together

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Analyze

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To examine a concept, book, statement, etc. critically,carefully, and in detail

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Antagonist

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The character that is against the protagonist

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Argument

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A statement, reason, or fact for or against a point

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Audience

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The people viewing the story

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Characterization

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The way a character is presented by the author:
Direct: character described by the author or narrator
Indirect: traits are revealed by thoughts, actions, dialogue, or appearance

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Climax

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Turning point in a story

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Compare

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Compare determine similarities between two things

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Conflict

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The force that opposes the protagonist:
Internal: a character struggles against him/herself
External: a character struggles against an outside force

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Contrast

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To determine the differences between two thing

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Couplet

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A stanza of two lines (generally rhyming)

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Descriptive paragraph

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Writing that shows what a thing looks like, sounds like, smells like, and feels like in detail

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Dialect

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A variation of language by one group of people in one place

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Dialogue

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A conversation between two or more people

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Diction

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An author’s choice of words

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Dramatic irony

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The audience or reader knows information that other characters do not know

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Essay

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Writing that attempts to explain something from a personal point of view

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Euphemism

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The substitution of a mild word or phrase for a word that would be considered undesirable because it is too direct, unpleasant or direct

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Evaluate

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Forming a personal judgement about an idea’s or a literary work’s value

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Foreshadowing

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Clues that tell what will happen later in the story

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Genre

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A category or type of literature

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Imagery

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Words that depict a picture in a work of literature that appeal to one or more senses

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Inference

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A judgement based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statements

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Irony

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A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two things without using like or as

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Mood

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The emotions that a reader feels while reading or viewing a literary work

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Motif

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A significant word, phrase, description, idea, image, or other element that is repeated through literary works that is related to the theme

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Novel

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A book length fictional prose narrative

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Personification

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A figure of speech where a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics

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Plot

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The structure of the story

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Point of view

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The perspective from which the story is told:
First person
Second person
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
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Setting

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The time and place where the story is set

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Simile

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A comparison using like or as

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Situational irony

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The outcome of the situation is opposite of what is expected

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Style

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The expressive qualities that distinguish an author’s work, including: diction, sentence structure, and figures of speech

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Protagonist

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The hero or main character of the story

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of rhymed words in a stanza or generalized throughout the whole poem. Represented by letters of the alphabet

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Symbol/symbolism

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Anything that represents something while also representing something figuratively. Examples include: people, animals, places, object, or events

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Theme

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The main message of the story, poem, novel, or play. Often expressed as a general statement of life

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Tone

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This expresses the attitude of the author towards the subject of the book

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Tragedy

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A type of story or play that ends badly for the protagonist(s)
Ex. Romeo and Juliet; Antony and Cleopatra

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Transitions

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Words that connect paragraphs

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Verbal irony

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A person says one thing and means another (sarcasm)

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