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| Literature Terms | Middle School |
|---|---|
| Main Characters | characters that appear throughout the novel, - they are involved in the important actions and conflicts. |
| Minor Characters | Characters that enter the novel for a specific reason and may then not be heard of again |
| 1st person point of view | "I" tells the story and is a character in the story. |
| 2nd person point of view | "You" is used to tell the story. |
| 3rd person point of view | He, she, it, they" - the story is told by someone, usually not identified by name, who knows it. Usually in the past tense. |
| Omniscient | The "all knowing" narrator knows all of the details about events, characters, etc. and reveals them to the reader as the story unfolds. |
| Metaphor | The comparison of two unlike things to suggest things which they have in common |
| Metaphor Example | Joe is a lion on the playing field would compare Joe to a lion in how he moves, his aggression, his animal-like actions, his skill and strength, his leadership. |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| Similie Example | Sue flits through life like a moth in a room of candles compares Sue to a delicate, fluttering moth which is drawn to fire and raises an image of both delight and confusion, perhaps also mindlessness and upcoming death or failure. Like a metaphor, a simi |
| Personification | The description of an inanimate object as if it were a human being or an animal. |
| Hyperbole | An obvious and unrealistic exaggeration. |
| Hyperbole Example | His gaping jaw could hold a flock of the King's fattest sheep indicates excess and perhaps a fearful or highly imaginative narrative focus. A good way to identify hyperbole is to ask yourself the old tall-tale question: Just how [tall, wide, hungry, lazy, |
| Onomatopoeia | Use of a word which sounds like it means - for example: plunk, zip, buzz, bong, zap. |
| Pun | A word which has several meanings, all of which apply; puns are often based on sound, so homophones and homonyms have to be though of as well. |
| Oxymoron | A phrase which contains opposite elements or words with opposite meanings, yet which expresses one idea when taken as a whole - for example: Bottom says in Midsummer Night's Dream, "I'll speak in a monstrous little voice." |
| Setting | When, where, Time (date, time of day, season) and place. |
| Plot | What happens, concretely, as though it were placed on a history time line. |
| Theme | Themes tend to be the author's message about important human conditions or problems. |
| Mood or tone | The overall feeling created by a piece of writing. |
| Dialogue | A discussion or conversation between two or more characters. |
| Monologue | One character alone talking to the reader/audience/to himself. |
| Character traits | What type of person is this? Character traits are revealed through actions, dialogue, internal monologue, and by the author or narrator directly. |
| Motive | Why a character does what he/she does. |
| External Conflict | A fight, argument, disagreement or simply opposition in which 2 sides are present. |
| Internal Conflict | An argument or decision-making process within one character's mind. |
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swindlem