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Literary Terms 2
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Question | Answer |
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Characterization | The way an author reveals his characters. Can be done directly or indirectly. |
Cliché | A word or phrase that is so overused, like "busy as a bee" or "I slept like a log." |
Climax | High point in a story, point of most intense interest, and point of no return. |
Conflict | The problem or complication in a story, usually between a person and something else…either another person, a force of nature, fate, or the person himself. |
Connotation | All the emotions or feelings a word arouses, such as negative feelings about the word 'pig.' |
Denotation | The literal, dictionary definition of a word. |
Dialogue | Conversation carried on by the characters in a work of literature. |
Dramatic Point Of View | A play, in which all events are told as dialogue. |
End Rhyme | Rhyming words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry. |
Epic Poetry | A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character. |