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8th Grade Lit Terms
8th Grade Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exposition | dialog, decsription that gives the reader the background of characters and the present situation |
| rising action | a related series of incidents in a literary plot that builds towards the climax |
| climax | the highest most intense point in a story |
| falling action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving or seperating into constituent or elementary parts |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblence |
| personification | the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person |
| idiom | a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to people |
| theme | underlying meaning in a literary work |
| tone | attitude an author takes towards his subject, character or reader |
| mood | feeling created in a reader by a literary work |
| style | writers characteristic manner of employing language |
| allusion | reference to mythilogical, literary, or historical person, place, or clause for the purpose of contrast |
| suspense | quality of literature that makes the reader uncertain/tense about the outcome of events |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action |
| flashback | a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event |
| advice | noun; guidance |
| advise | verb;to recommend or offer guidance |
| all together | two words that mean that everybody or everything is in a group |
| altogether | adverb; completely or on the whole |
| already | previously |
| all ready | completely prepared |
| alter | to change or amend |
| altar | platform at the front of a church |
| capitol | the main government building of a state |
| capital | the city that is the seat of the government for a state |
| cloths | flexible fabric or textile |
| clothes | clothing |
| compliment | a favorible remark |
| complement | that which makes something else perfect |
| counsel | a legal advisor |
| council | a legislative body |
| course | a progression through a development or a period or a series of acts or events |
| coarse | rude or rough |
| prosaic | common place or dull |
| reconciliation | the act of reconciling |
| sagacity | acuteness of mental discerness and soundness of judgement |
| superfluous | being more than is sufficient or required |
| surreptitious | obtained done or made secretly |
| wary | watchful, being on ones guard against danger |
| anachronism | something or someone that's not in its correct time |
| benevolent | characterized by or expressing good will or kindly feelings |
| circuitous | roundabout; not direct |
| collaborate | to work with one another |
| compassion | a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken with misfortune |
| hypothesis | an educated guess |
| jubilation | a feeling or the expression of joy |
| orator | a public speaker |
| ostentatious | the act of showing off in attempting to impress others |
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