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8th Grade Lit Terms
8th Grade Literary Terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |