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Literary Terms 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words. |
| Allusion | A reference to a famous person, place event or work of literature. |
| Analogy | A point by point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect. |
| Antagonist | A force working against the protagonist or main character in a story play or novel. |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds with non rhyming words. |
| Author's purpose(PIE) | A writer usually writes for one or more of these purposes; to express thoughts or feelings, to inform or explain, to persuade and to entertain. |
| Characters | The people, animals or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature. |
| Dynamic character | Character that undergoes important changes as the plot unfolds. |
| Flat character | Character that is not complicated or has no personality. |
| round characters | character who is complex and undergoes development sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader |
| static character | is one who remains the same throughout the story |
| characterization | the way a writer creates and develops character |
| conflict | is a struggle between opposing forces |
| connotation | are the ideas and feelings associated with the word as opposed to it's dictionary definition |
| denotation | is the dictionary definition |
| dialogue | is a written conversation between two or more characters |
| figurative language | language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meaning of the words |
| flashback | is an interruption of the action to present events that took place earlier in time |
| foreshadowing | occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in the story |
| genre | refers to a category in which a work of literature is classified |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect |
| idiom | is an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of it's individual words |
| imagery | consist of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader |
| inference gap | the act of processing a conclusion |
| irony | is a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality. |
| situational | a contrast between what ready or character expects and what actually exists or happens |
| verbal | exists when someone exaggerates or says one thing and means another |
| dramatic irony | where the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not |
| metaphor | a comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. |
| mood | is a feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |
| narrator | is the voice that tells the story |
| onomatopoeia | is the use of words whose sounds echo the meaning such as buzz, whisper, gargle and murmur. |
| personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea. |
| oxymoron | a combination of contradictory words that have opposite or very different meaning |
| paradox | something that is made up two opposites but is actually true |
| plot | the series of events that takes place in a story |
| poetic justice | ideal judgment |
| point of view | refers to the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem or work of non fiction. |
| protagonist | is the main character in the story play or novel. |
| pun | a play on words based on the similarities |
| satire | is a genre of literature and or performance arts in which follies , and abuses |
| setting | time and place of the action of a story, play or poem |
| simile | is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. |
| style | a manner of writing |
| symbolism | a person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| theme | is a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader |
| tone | of a literary wok expresses the writers attitude toward his or her subject |
| understatement | is a technique of creating emphases by saying less that is actually true. |
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