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lit terms oct.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fluent | speak easily |
| bigots | prejudiced person |
| emulate | copy someone |
| dejectedly | sadly |
| permanent | lasting forever |
| porridge | soft food made of cereal |
| refugee | person who flees later |
| resilient | spring back into place |
| tumultuously | noisily |
| vital | extremely |
| stackening | easing |
| Figturative languge | phrases used by and author to make their writing more interesting |
| metaphor | not using like or as comparing 2 nouns that are not alike |
| simile | using like or as comparing 2 nouns that are not alike |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same letter good grapes |
| onomatopeia | when a word sounds like a word its describing |
| personification | a thing doing a human action |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| idiom | a phrase or expression whose meaning does not mean |
| imagery | description which is appealing to the senses |
| character | a person or animal that takes part in the action of a lit. work |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| fiction | prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
| first person | point of view of a character in the story |
| historical context | actual political and social events and trends in time |
| narrative | a story, fiction or non fiction |
| narrator | speaker who tells the story |
| nonfiction | real life writing |
| plot | sequence of events |
| point of veiw | perspective fro which the story is told |
| setting | time and place of the action |
| theme | the central message in the lit. work |
| third person | point of view of a narrator outside of the story |