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Review Lit. Terms 4

VocabularyDefinition
Monologue A speech or performance given entirely by one person or one character
Omniscient Point of View When the story is told from the perspective of someone outside of events but who knows and reveals all the character's thoughts and feelings
Protagonist The main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward
Oxymoron Two words used together that contradict each other, as in icy fire or sweet sorrow
Paradox A statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents a truth
Parallelism Repetition of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns
Personification Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing or substance
Plot The sequence of events in a literary work.
Second Person Designated by the pronoun 'you.' There is no second person point of view in storytelling.
Setting Time and place of a literary work
Soliloquy Speech delivered by a character when he is alone on stage.
Symbol Something seen that stands for something unseen, as a rose for love, flag for a country
Theme Central truth or idea in a story
Third Person Point of View When the story is told from the perspective of someone outside of the events of the story but who reveals only one character's thoughts
Tone The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work.
Tragedy A type of story that portrays the fall of a noble person, usually due to a tragic weakness or flaw in his/her character.
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