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Literary Elements 7t
My 7th grade Literary terms.
Question | Answer |
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Internal Conflict | Conflict in the characters mind |
External Conflict | Conflict with some outside force |
Exposition | The part of the plot in a short story, novel, or play in which the character, setting, and situation are introduced |
Complications | more problems |
Climax | Point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative; turning point |
Resolution | concludes the falling action or suggesting the outcome of the conflict |
Setting | The time and place in which the events occur |
Dialogue | Conversation between characters in a literary work |
Aesthetic | Sensitive to art and beauty |
Debilitate | To make weak |
Dissemination | To scatter about |
Dogmatic | Asserted without proof |
Aloof | At a distance |
Ominous | Serving as an evil omen; threatening |
Petulance | Impatient or irritable |
Virulent | Extremely poisonous; deadly |
Gluttonous | One who eats to excess |
Mundane | Ordinary |
Indolence | Feel pain |
Ferocity | Fierce; savage; violently cruel |
Efface | Rub out; erase |
Elucidate | To make clear; explain |
Ephemeral | Lasting one day; short lived |
Amorphous | Without definite form |
Buoyant | Having the ability or tendency to float |
Cajole | To coax with flattery or insincere talk |
Dormant | in a resting or torpid state |
Enigmatic | A perplexing or baffling matter, person, ect. |
Affable | Pleasant friendly |
Audacity | Bold courage |
Incorrigible | Cannot be corrected or reformed |
Trepidation | Fearful uncertainty |
Pacifistic | Opposition to the use of force under any circumstances; refusal to participate in war |
Pretentious | Making claims to some distinction, importance, ect. |
Servile | Humbly submissive |
Nullify | To make legally null or valueless |
Loathe | To feel intense dislike or disgust for; abhor |
Erudite | Learned; scholarly |