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Literary Terms
Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antagonist | |
| persons- or animals, things, or natural forces presented as persons- appearing in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem. | characters |
| the personality a character displays; also the means by which a character reveals that personality. | characterization |
| the point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative. | climax |
| a series of difficulties forming the central action in a narrative. | complication |
| a struggle b/w two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem. | conflict |
| the emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse. | connotation |
| the literal or "dictionary" meaning of a word. | denotation |
| the end of the action. | denouement |
| a representation of the speech patterns of a particular region or social group. | dialect |
| the conversations held by the characters which serve to advance the story's action. | dialogue |
| a writer's choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision. | diction |
| exaggeration | |
| the kind of writing that is intended primarily to present information. | exposition |
| a brief story or poem that is told to present a moral, or practical lesson. | fable |
| all of the action in a play that follows the turning point. | falling action |
| a type of comedy based on a farfetched humorous situation, often with a ridiculous or stereotyped characters. | farce |
| language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense. | figurative language |
| a scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that interrupts the action to show an event that happened at an earlier time. | flashback |
| have only one or two "sides", representing one or two traits. | flat character |
| a character who sets off another character by contrast. | foil |
| foreshadowing | |
| gothic | |
| imagery | |
| inversion | |
| irony | |
| juxtaposition | |
| literal language | |
| metaphor | |
| mood | |
| motif | |
| narration | |
| narrative poem | |
| narrator | |
| novel | |
| paraphrase | |
| plot | |
| point of view | |
| protagonist | |
| pun | |
| rising action | |
| setting | |
| style | |
| suspense | |
| symbol | |
| symbolism | |
| theme | |
| thesis | |
| tone | |
| turning point |
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