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Literary Terms
ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Characterization | - physical description & personality of a character. |
| Theme | - central message, purpose, or concern in a literary work. |
| Setting | - time, place, and general environment of a literary work. |
| Tone | - author's attitude towards the story. |
| Plot | - sequence of events in a literary work. |
| Satire | - literature that makes fun of someone or something. |
| Fantasy | - literature that contains events, etc, not found in real life. |
| Suspense | - a felling of anxious uncertainty about what may outcome of events. |
| Climax | - the highest point/turning point, in a literary work. |
| Conflict | - the problem in the story. |
| Conflict Resolution | - the part in the story where the problem has been resolved. |
| Symbol | - something that represents something else. |
| Voice | - the personality of the author coming threw the words. |
| Point of View | - who is telling the story. |
| Mood | - the climate of feeling in the story created by the author's choice of details, objects, works, and setting. |