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Literary Terms Study Pages 4 Flashcards

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What is Protagonist

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The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other

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What is Antagonist

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A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

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Secondary Characters

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any character that is not a main character

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Dynamic Character

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A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change

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Static Character

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A literary or dramatic character who undergoes LITTLE or NO INNER CHANGE

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What is Irony

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the contrast between what is and what should be

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Dramatic Irony

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The audience knows or understands something that the character or characters do not

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Situational Irony

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The result of an action is the reverse of what is expected. The reader is just as surprised as the characters

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Verbal Irony

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The contrast is between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant. Know as SARCASM

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What is personification

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inanimate objects take on human characteristics

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What is Anthropomorphism

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giving animals human qualities

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What is Metaphor

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comparing two things without “like or as”

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Simile

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comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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Extended Metaphor

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A metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it

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What is 1st person

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the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters, uses “I”

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What is 2nd person

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the narrator addresses the reader, uses you

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3rd person

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the narrator is not part of the story and does not know what the characters think and feel, uses he, she, they, them

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3rd person limited

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the narrator is outside the story but reveals the thoughts of only one character

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3rd person omniscient

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the narrator is outside the story and knows all the characters thoughts, feelings, why they act the way they do, can reveal any or all events

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Imagery

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The picture that forms in the reader’s mind as they read- a thing, a place, or an experience

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Allegory

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Story or poem in which characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. EX: Animal farm, Dante’s Inferno, Lord of the Flies

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Internal Characterization

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the characteristics one cannot see, things like personality

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Indirect characterization

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The author shows the reader through actions, thoughts, words and by how other characters react toward another character

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External Characterization

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the characteristics one can see

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Idiom

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an expression that has a figurative meaning that is completely different from its
literal meaning EX: it’s raining tacos

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Allusion

A

making a reference to literature, art, history, or pop culture

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Biblical Allusion

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a reference to a character or story in the Bible

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Symbolism

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when something or someone represents something or someone else

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Plot

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the main events of the story

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Setting

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the time and the place of the story

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Denouement

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the “tying together” of the plot

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Resolution

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the end of the story

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Oxymoron

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combining two things that do not go together EX: Pretty ugly

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Internal Conflict

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a conflict that exists within a character torn between opposing feelings
or goals

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External Conflict

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a conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside
force

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Foil

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A character who acts as a contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero

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Stereotype

A

traits, characteristics, and mannerisms supposedly shared by all members of
a group

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Parody

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a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. “if you don’t drive properly, you will lose your wheels” AKA u going to lose the car.

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Parody

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A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer’s style

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