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Literary Terms

TermDefinition
forshadowing a hint about events that will occur later in the story
mood the overall feeling a writer is trying to create for the reader
inference an intelligent guess about a story based on evidence in the text
dialogue conversation between characters
author's purpose to persuade, to inform, to entertain
point of view who is telling the story (1st person, 3rd person)
legend a story from the past originally based on real life people and events (passed down orally)
folktale a story handed down orally that teaches a lesson, entertains, and preserves culture
setting the time and place of a story
antagonist a character in conflict with the main character
motivation the force driving everything a character does
plot what happens in the story
genre a category of literature
flashback a story scene that shifts the setting from present to past
myth a story that uses gods/heroes to explain occurrences in nature
protagonist the main character
theme the central lesson about life/people the author wants to share
conflict the problem or struggle the main character faces
autobiography the writer tells his/her own life story
dialect when characters speak with an accent or use non-standard English
irony the difference between what you expect to happen and what actually occurred
biography a writer tells another person's life story
resolution how the character solves his/her problem
climax the moment of greatest tension in the story
cliffhanger suspenseful part of a story included to make you want to read on
Created by: whiteheadd
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