Quater 1 Literary Terms

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antagonist

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A person who is opposed to

Question 2

Setting

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The surroundings or environment of anything.

Question 3

Plot

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Also called the story line

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Exposition

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The act of expounding, set forth, or explains: the exposition of a point of view.

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Rising action

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A related series of incidents in a literary plot that builds towards the point of greatest interest.

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Climax

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The highest or most interesting part in the development or resolution of something

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Denouement

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: the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.

Question 8

1st person

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First person narrative is a point of view (who is telling a story) where the story is narrated by one character at a time.

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Third person limited

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: Focussing a third-person narration through the eyes of a single character.

Question 10

Third person omniscient

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In third person omniscient, the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.

Question 11

Conflict

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: a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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Round character

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A character with detail

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Flat

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A character with not very much detail.

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Static character

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A character who does not grow or develop

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Dynamic character

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A literary or dynamic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality of character.

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Direct characterization

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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

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Indirect characterization

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when the narrator shows the reader something about the character through the character’s actions, things the character says, or things other characters say.

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Tone

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the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

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Theme

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the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

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Symbol

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a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

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Allusion

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 22

Dialect

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a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

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Foreshadow

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be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Question 24

Irony

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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Question 25

Dramatic irony

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Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

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Verbal irony

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irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning

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Situational irony

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irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

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Pun

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A play on words

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Alliteration

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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group

Question 30

Figurative language

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Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Simile

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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Implied Metaphor

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An implied metaphor is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things, but it does so without mentioning one of them.

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Imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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Onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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Speaker

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A person who speaks

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Stanza

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A group of lines forming the basic recurring unit in a poem; A VERSE

Question 39

Protagonist

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The leading character