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Literary Terms
Question | Answer |
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Alliteration | Repetition of constant sounds |
Allusion | Reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature |
Analogy | Comparison between two things alike |
Antagonist | The bad guy |
Assonance | A repetition of vowel sounds |
Authors Purpose | To inform, Persuade, and to entertain |
Characters | The people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action |
Dynamic characters | A character who changes |
Static characters | A character who doesn't change ( A static t.v doesn't change ) |
Round characters | A character who is complex |
flat characters | A character who is not complicated |
Characterization | The way a writer creates and develops Characters |
conflict | The struggle between opposing forces |
Connotation | The ideas and feelings associated with the word |
Denotation | Dictionary definition |
Dialogue | A written conversation Between 2 or more characters |
Figurative Language | Language that communicates beyond the literal meanings of words |
Flashback | An interruption to events that took place in the past |
Forshadowing | Hints that suggest future events in a story |
Genre | A category in which literature is classified |
Hyperbole | When the truth is exaggerated |
Idiom | An expression meaning different |
Imagery | Appeals to the five senses |
Inference gap | A process of reaching a conclusion from known facts or evidence |
Irony | Contrast between what one expects versus what really happens |
Situational Irony | An outcome that turns out to be different from what one expects |
Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what it meant |
Dramatic Irony | Understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the story |
Metaphor | A comparison of 2 thinks that are basically unlike, but have some qualities in common |
Mood | The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader |
Narrator | The voice that tells the story |
Oxymoron | A combination of contradictory words |
Onomatopoeia | Sounds that echo their meanings |
Paradox | Something that seems impossible but is actually true |
Personification | Giving human qualities to an animal |
Plot | A series of events in a story |
Exposition | Beggining |
Rising | Develops the conflict |
Climax | The greatest interest in the story |
Falling action | The story begins to draw to a close |
Resolution | The final outcome |
Poetic justice | Rewards the good, punishes the bad |
Point of view | The method of narration |
First person | Uses " I " |
Second person | Uses " You " |
Third person | The character is not in the story |
Protaginist | The good guy |
Pun | A play on words |
Setting | Where the story takes place |
Satire | A genre of literature |
Simile | A comparison between 2 unlike things using the words like or as |
Style | A manner of writting |
Symbolism | Something that stands beyond the literal meaning |
Theme | A message about life |
Tone | The writers attitude toward his/her own subject |
Understatement | saying less than what is actually true |
Almanac | An annual publication |
Appendix | Supplementary material |
Atlas | A bound collection of maps |
Bibliography | A complete or selective list |
Dictionary | A book giving info on a particular subject |
Encyclopedia | a book or set of books |
Glossary | Such a list at the back of a book |
Index | An alphabetical listing of names |
Table of contents | A list that is placed at the beginning of some books |