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Lit terms
Question | Answer |
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Characterization | the way a character is described |
central character | main character |
minor character | only in the story for a little, from time to time |
dynamic character | changes attitude/self through out the whole story |
static character | does not change through out the story |
dialect | form of language-ex.body language |
surprise ending | twist at the end of the story |
legend | story handed from generations and they are historical |
myth | story handed down from generations and not true |
slang | words and phrases |
narrative poetry | poem that tells a story/has a story |
hyperbole | exageration |
inference | educated guess |
ballad | type of narrative poem that is meant to be sung and tells a story-has all the story traits,plot climax etc |
tall tale | exxagerated story/not real |
rhythm | pattern of stress/unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
rhyme | same sounds at the end of words |
repetition | same sounds/words over and over again |
what is pecos bill | Tall tale |
what is john henry | tall tale |
what is the woman in the snow | legend |
what is loo-wit and pandoras box | myth |