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VAHS Lit. Terms
Lit techniques, sounds, narrative techniques, parts of a story
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| personification | a non-human given human qualities |
| metaphor | comparing two things without using like or as |
| simile | comparing two things using like or as |
| alliteration | repeated initial sound or first letters within a line, phrase or sentence |
| onomatopoeia | words that make it sound as if you can actually hear it |
| hyperbole | exaggerating the truth |
| assonance | repeating of vowel sounds |
| conflict | internal conflict- a conflict between himself or herself external conflict- the chataracter vs. another character |
| climax | the high point of a story |
| resolution | how the problem is fixed |
| setting | when and where the story is taken place |
| point of view | form what perspective the story is told |
| first person point of view | told form the eyes of someone in the story |
| third person point of view | not involved in the story and knows everything |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| mood | what the author wants you to feel |
| theme | author's message or purpose of a story |
| character | the "who" of the story |
| irony | a contrast between what is expected and what happened |
| plot | sequence of events in a literary word |
| foreshadowing | clues telling what will happen |
| flashback | a character who is going back in time to remember thoughts |
| imagery | how something is described using the 5 senses |
| allusion | reference of famous people, place, event, or work of literature |
| dynamic character | character that changes during the story |
| flat character | we don't know everything about them |
| static character | character doesn't change |
| symbolism | anything that represents something else |
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