The lesson that is learned through a fable

The feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.

A highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found I real life.

Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

A category or type of literature.

A fictional story that teaches a lesso

The ordinary form of written language.

The sequence of events in literary work.

Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas or events.

The form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.

Very similar to dialect except that it deals with dress, customs, regions, traditions.

The speaker or character who tells a story.

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

The reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way.

The act of creating and developing a character.

An interruption in the action of a story to show events that happened earlier.

A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

The use of clues in a literary work that suggest events that have yet to occur.

The beginning of the plot introduces the setting, characters, and the basic situation.

The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.

The general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result.

The dictionary meaning of a word, independent of other associations that the word may have.

The vantage point from which a story is being told.

The set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning

Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

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Literary Terms 1

Literary Terms Part 1 Sept 11 grade 9

Question	Answer
Moral	The lesson that is learned through a fable
Suspense	The feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.
Fantasy	A highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found I real life.
Conflict	Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
Genre	A category or type of literature.
Fable	A fictional story that teaches a lesso
Prose	The ordinary form of written language.
Plot	The sequence of events in literary work.
Nonfiction	Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas or events.
Dialect	The form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
Local color	Very similar to dialect except that it deals with dress, customs, regions, traditions.
Setting	The time and place of action.
Narrator	The speaker or character who tells a story.
Mood	The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
Motivation	The reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way.
Characterization	The act of creating and developing a character.
Flashback	An interruption in the action of a story to show events that happened earlier.
Character	A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.
Foreshadowing	The use of clues in a literary work that suggest events that have yet to occur.
Exposition	The beginning of the plot introduces the setting, characters, and the basic situation.
Theme	The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.
Irony	The general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result.
Denotation	The dictionary meaning of a word, independent of other associations that the word may have.
Point of View	The vantage point from which a story is being told.
Connotation	The set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning
Fiction	Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

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