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Literary Terms 3
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Question | Answer |
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Exposition | The part of a story or play that explains the background or makes conflict clear. |
Falling Action | The action that takes place in a story after the climax and that resolves the conflict. |
First Person Point of View | Told from the perspective on one character in the story. Designated by the pronoun 'I'. |
Flashback | When a story's sequence is interrupted and a character goes back to an earlier time. |
Foreshadowing | The use of clues that suggest events yet to come. |
Genre | A French word meaning form or type. Literary genres are novel, essay, poetry, play. Subgenres typically include: Horror, Drama, Romance, etc. when referencing film/literature. |
Hyperbole | Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect. "My shoes are killing me!“ |
Onomatopoeia | Onomatopoeia-The use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur. |
magery | Words that describe sights, sounds, movements and recreate sensory experience. |
Irony | When something is different than it is supposed to be or thought to be. Kinds of irony include verbal, dramatic, and situational. |
Metaphor | Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.' |
Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as.' Love is like a rose. |