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English
9th grade Mrs. Klammer
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allergory | a story in which characters, events, and places stand for ideas, qualities or other events. Over all purpose to teach a moral lesson. |
| Allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something that is popularly known. |
| Anaphora | the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. |
| Antagonist | a character or force that goes against the main character and tries to stop him/her from achieving his/her goal. |
| Characterization - Indirect -Direct | Is the way in which the author presents characters. D-a character characters traits are duplicity described. IN-a characters traits are revealed actions, thoughts, and dialogue. |
| Climax | Is a turning point in a story. |
| Conflict | Characters or forces oppose each other |
| Connotation | It's the non-literal associated meaning of a word be implied suggestively meaning. |
| Denotation | The strict literal dictionary definition denied any emotion, attitude, or color. |
| Diction | Related to style refers to the writers word choices especially to regard to their correctness, clearness, and effectiveness. |
| Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length that occurs frequently throughout a work. |
| Figurative Language (Ex. I melted when I saw a puppy at the shelter.) | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning. |
| Flashback | a scene that interrupts the present to show what happened in the past. |
| Foreshadowing | hints or clues that the author gives to show what's gonna happen in the future. |
| Genre ( Ex. Short stories, plays, fiction, non-fiction) | the major category into which a literary work fits. |
| Hyperbole ( Ex. It took forever to get here) | it's a figure of speech using extreme exaggeration. |
| Imagery | a picture a reader creates in their mind while reading. |
| Irony Verbal Situational Dramatic | the contrast between what is stated and what is really meant or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually. V- when the words literally state the opposite of the speakers meaning. S- events turn out the opposite of what was expected. |
| Metaphor | comparing unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". |
| Mood | the feeling a story evokes. |
| Narrative | the telling of a story or an account of event or a series of events. |
| Onomatopeia | a figure of speech in which sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. |
| Personification | when non-human things are given human traits. |
| Plot | the structure of the story. |
| Point Of View 1st 3rd | the perspective from which the story is being told. |
| Paradox | is a statement that contradicts itself but its true. Sounds wrong but it's right. |
| Protagonist | the central character in a work. |
| Repetition | is the duplication either exact or approximate of any element of language. |
| Setting | the time and place in which a/the story unfolds. |
| Simile | a comparison that uses "like" or "as". |
| Symbol/Symbolism | generally anything that represents itself and stands for something else. |
| Syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clause, and sentences. |
| Theme | the central idea or message of a work. The insight it offers into life. |
| Tone | describes the authors attitude toward his material, audience or both. |
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