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literary terms
vocabulary for literature
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theme | a story's central message or insight to life (can be a lesson) |
| Main Idea | the central point of a text or passage |
| Setting | time and place of the action |
| Plot | series of related events/what happened |
| Exposition | the introduction of a story where we meet characters, learn background and setting |
| Rising Action | conflict begins to increase, leading to the climax |
| Climax | the most intense moment or turning point of a story |
| Falling Action | action is beginning to lessen |
| Resolution | Conflict is resolved, all questions answered, all loose ends tied up |
| Characterization | tool used by authors to inform readers about characters |
| Indirect Characterization | when the author gives hints and clues to a character |
| Direct Charaterization | when the author states descriptions |
| Stated Theme | theme is directly stated in the story |
| Implied Theme | use events from the story to come up with your own theme |
| Summary | shortened key points of a text |
| Infer | to draw a conclusion using events from the text, as by reasoning. |
| Fiction | not real |
| Nonfiction | fact |
| Textual Evidence | information from a text to support opinion or conclusion |
| Historical Context | the economical, social, cultural and biographical background of a text or the author |
| Symbol | person, place or object that has a literal and figurative meaning (stands for a larger idea or emotion) |
| Narrator | one who tells a story/narrative |
| 1st Person | narrator is in the story and refers to him/herself |
| Connotation | set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its meaning |
| Denotation | Dictionary Definition |
| Dynamic Character | one who changes throughout the course of a story |
| Static Character | one who does not change throughout the course of a story |
| Protagonist | leading character |
| Antagonist | character who opposes the protagonist |
| 3rd Person | narrator is telling a story about other people |
| 3rd Person Omniscient | narrator who knows everything about characters and events. Has privileged access to character's thoughts, feelings and motives |
| 3rd Person Limited | narrator who is confined to what is experienced, thought or felt by a single or at least limited number of characters |
| Objective Narrator | can only tell what can be seen or heard-doesn't know any character's thoughts or feelings |
| Mood | the feeling evoked in the reader by the author |
| Tone | the attitude of the author towards the subject or text |
| Foreshadowing | written hints of what's to come in the story |
| Flashback | referring to something that occurred earlier in the text |
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