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Literary terms
Term | Definition |
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Assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
Genre | A synonym for form or type when referring to literature |
Setting | The place or time of story or play |
Omniscient point of view | When the narrator has no part in the story but knows all the thoughts of the characters, as well as well as what's happening in other places. |
Short story | Short piece of narrative fiction |
Protagonist | Main character or hero in the story |
Third person limited point of view | The narrator who has no part of the story and zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character |
Plot | The sequence of events in which each event results in a previous one and causes the next |
Biography | An account of one persons life, written by someone else |
Character | A person in a story or play |
Character trait | The nature of distinguishing feature of a character |
Autobiography | The account of a persons life written by that person |
Drama | Story that is written to be acted out for an audience |
Novel | Lone fictional prose narrative, usually more than 50,000 words or 100 pages |
Antagonist | Character or force that blocks the protagonist |
Fiction | A narrative in which in which situation and characters are invented by the writer |
Point of view | The vantage point from the story which the story is told |
First person point of view | The narrator is a character in the story |
External conflict | A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within one character |
Solution, resolution | The portion of the play or story that comes after the climax, and is required to bring the story to an end. |
Poetry | The central idea or insight revealed by a piece of literature |
Climax | The high point or turning point in a story usually the most interesting |
Hyperbole | Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect |
Dialogue | Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative |
Symbolism | Using any object, person, place, or thing that means more than it is. |
Irony | Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality |
Onomatopoeia | Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
Alliteration | The repetition of similar constant sounds at the beginning of three or more words |