Literary terms for 6th or 7th grade
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| Who is the character or force in conflict with the main character in a work? | Antagonist
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| Who is a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work? | Character
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| What is the high point of a story, turning point, or moment of greatest tension? | Climax
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| What is a struggle between opposing forces called. They may be internal or external. | Conflict
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| What part of the plot introduces the situation, characters, setting and conflict? | Exposition
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| Name the part of the story where the action starts falling or slowing down. | Falling action
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| What do you call a literary work about imaginary characters or events? | Fiction
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| What is the term for writing or speech that is not to be taken literally? | Figurative Language
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| What is the word that means different types? | Genre
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| What is the feeling created in the reader such as gloom, fear, or happiness? | Mood
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| What are the reasons behind a character's behavior? | Motivation
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| What is the feeling created in the reader such as gloom, fear, or happiness? | Mood
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| What are the sequence of events in a story;what happens? | Plot
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| What is the name for the ordinary, everyday form of writing? | Prose
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| What do you call the main character in a literary work? | Protagonist
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| Name the point in the plot where the action is building, excitement and suspense is growing. | Rising Action
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| The time, place, and circumstances in which the action takes place is in the... | Setting
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| When one thing stands for another, it is called? | Symbol(ism)
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| What is the central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work called? | Theme
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| What is the term for the attitude of the author toward his subject? | Tone
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| What is the term for a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison? | Simile
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| What is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else? | Metaphor
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| What is a type of figurative language in which human characteristics are given to non-human characters? | Personification
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