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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.  
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Minor Characters   Characters that enter the novel for a specific reason and may then not be heard of again  
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1st person point of view   "I" tells the story and is a character in the story.  
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2nd person point of view   "You" is used to tell the story.  
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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.  
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Omniscient   The "all knowing" narrator knows all of the details about events, characters, etc. and reveals them to the reader as the story unfolds.  
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Metaphor   The comparison of two unlike things to suggest things which they have in common  
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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.  
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Simile   A comparison of two unlike things using like or as  
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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  
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Personification   The description of an inanimate object as if it were a human being or an animal.  
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Hyperbole   An obvious and unrealistic exaggeration.  
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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,  
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Onomatopoeia   Use of a word which sounds like it means - for example: plunk, zip, buzz, bong, zap.  
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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.  
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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."  
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Setting   When, where, Time (date, time of day, season) and place.  
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Plot   What happens, concretely, as though it were placed on a history time line.  
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Theme   Themes tend to be the author's message about important human conditions or problems.  
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Mood or tone   The overall feeling created by a piece of writing.  
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Dialogue   A discussion or conversation between two or more characters.  
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Monologue   One character alone talking to the reader/audience/to himself.  
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Character traits   What type of person is this? Character traits are revealed through actions, dialogue, internal monologue, and by the author or narrator directly.  
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Motive   Why a character does what he/she does.  
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External Conflict   A fight, argument, disagreement or simply opposition in which 2 sides are present.  
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Internal Conflict   An argument or decision-making process within one character's mind.  
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