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Unit 4 LiteraryTerms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anecdote | short narrative with illustrating a single point |
| archetype | a term used to evoke responses in a reader |
| critique | a review telling the strong points and the weak points in a story |
| epiphany | when a character comes to a deep realization about himself |
| explication | reading a passage word-for-word to analyze the authors style |
| infer | to figure out something using the given evidence |
| juxtapose | when you put words side-by-side to show a comparison |
| motif | a recurring theme |
| persona | narrator |
| prose | anything that isn't poetry. Fiction or non-fiction |
| Rhetoric | the study of language |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| genre | type of literature |
| thesis statement | central idea; what you are going to prove |
| antagonist | the person that goes against the main character |