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Literature Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prose | Literature written in paragraph form |
| Fiction | Prose, which is invented |
| Literature | Writing in prose or poetry |
| Short Story | Prose fiction, shorter and less complicated plot than a novel |
| Novel | Prose, longer than a short story and develops the characters and plot more |
| Plot | Sequence of events |
| Characters | Person, animal, or creature in a literary work |
| Setting | Time and Place |
| Theme | Universal truth about life that a story conveys |
| Point of View | Who is telling the story |
| First Person Point of View | Narrator in story, own words, reader knows what character knows, I we me us |
| Third Person Limited | Narrator not in story, thought of one character, he she it they them |
| Third Person Dramatic | Narrator not in story, only seen or heard, he she it they them |
| Third Person Omniscient | Narrator not in story, thought of more than one, he she it they them |
| Rising Action | Build up of suspense between main conflict if the story and climax |
| Climax | The solution of the main conflict |
| Falling Action | The wrap up of lose ends |
| Resolution | The story is brought to a close |
| Narrator | Voice that relates the details of the story to the reader, teller of the story |
| Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| Connotation | The idea and feelings associated with a word |
| Context Clues | Hints or suggestions that surround unfamiliar word or phrases and clarity their meaning |
| Irony | Contrast between what's stated or meant, between what is expected to happen, and what actually happened. |
| Allusion | A reference to a famous person, place,event, or work of literature |
| Stereotype | A broad generalization or over simplified view that disregards individual differences |
| Nonfiction | Any prose selection that tells something actually happened, presents factual information |
| Essay | Short work of nonfiction, single subject, formal or informal |
| Thesis | One statement containing main idea or purpose of an essay |
| Biography | The story of a persons life that is written by someone else |
| Autobiography | Nonfiction in which a person tells the story if his or her own life |
| Protagonist | Main character that faces a conflict |
| Antagonist | Someone or something that is against protagonist, it poses the conflict for the protagonist |
| Science Fiction | Imaginative writing that has a scientific basis |
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