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lit terms oct.
Term | Definition |
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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 |