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Literary Terms for 6th grade

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Term
Meaning
Onomatopoeia   show
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show exaggeration to make a point  
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show a scene in a story that refers back to previous events to help make the current action clear  
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show clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.  
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Symbol   show
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Suspense   show
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Irony   show
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Figurative Language   show
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Free verse   show
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Idiom   show
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show words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses  
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show writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader or listener to adopt a particular opinion or course of action  
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show central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work  
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show mood/feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage  
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show the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject  
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show a person or animal that takes part in the action of a story  
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Antagonist   show
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Hero   show
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Characterization   show
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Dialogue   show
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Genre   show
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show a story written to be performed by actor  
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Comedy   show
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show imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life  
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Fable   show
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Science Fiction   show
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show a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature  
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Short story   show
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show the sequence of events in a story or drama  
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Conflict   show
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show a character struggles against an outside force  
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Internal conflict   show
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Expositions   show
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Resolution   show
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Development   show
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Climax   show
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Falling action   show
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Denouement   show
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show the perspective from which a story is told  
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show a speaker or character who tells the story from a particular point of view  
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First Person Narrator   show
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Third person narrator   show
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Third person omniscient   show
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Metaphor   show
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