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Literary Terms

TermDefinition
Climax the most exciting point in the story
Resolution this occurs after the climax in a story or novel and is when all the conflicts have been resolved
Setting the time and place of the action in a literary work
Antagonist the character or force in conflict with the main character
Denouement any event that occurs at or after the ending in a story
Third Person Omniscient the point of view when a voice outside the literary work tells the story, and the reader can tell what all characters think or feel
foreshadowing the use of clues that suggest what will occur later in the story
First Person the point of view when a character tells the story and the reader knows only what that character thinks or feels
Tone A writer's attitude towards the subject
Simile a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
Mood a feeling created in the reader by a literary piece of work
Metaphor a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"
Theme the central message of a literary work
Personification A type of figurative language used in which human characteristics are given to non-human things
Moral a lesson taught by a literary work.
Narrator is the person who tells the story
Hyperbole a type of figurative language used to show an exaggeration
Antonym A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word
Synonym A word that has the same or similar meaning
Idiom A type of figurative language phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred by the literal meaning of the words
Allusion a reference to a well-known person, place,event, literary work, or work of art
Symbol anything that stands for or represents something else
Alliteration the repetition of the initial consonant sound
Onomatopoeia the use of words that imitate sounds
Protagonist the main character in a literary work who tries to solve the problem
Plot the sequence of events, or what happens in a story or novel
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