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Literary Terms
Literary Terms for The Cay
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| characterization | more than just a physical description of a character; it includes what the character is like as a person |
| cause and effect | the relationship in which one condition brings about another condition as a direct result |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to suggest something is going to happen in a story - good or bad |
| historical fiction | a fictional story that is set during a real time in history |
| man vs. man | one character is the problem for another character |
| man vs. nature | a character struggles with some force of nature |
| man vs. self | one character has a problem he's trying to solve in his mind/thoughts |
| man vs. society | This is when a character encounters a struggle with the laws or beliefs of a group |
| metaphor | A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared without using the words LIKE or AS |
| narrator | the person who is telling the story |
| personification | a type of figurative language in which something that is non-human is given human characteristics |
| protagonist | usually the main character and good guy in the story |
| setting | the time and place in which a story takes place |
| simile | a type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared while using the words LIKE or AS |
| symbol | The use of a thing or object or idea to represent something else |
| theme | An idea about life revealed in a story; a story can have more than one of these |