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English 10
Literary Terms
Term | Definition |
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Plot | The sequence of events. |
Setting | The time and place of the story. |
Point of View | First person: "I" Second Person: "You" Third Person: "He, She, They" Third Person Limited: Narrator knows some, but not all details. Third Person Omniscient: Narrator knows everything; like God. |
Conflict | The problem. Internal, external; person vs. _________. |
Tone | The atmosphere of the work. |
Style | The writer's fingerprint. |
Theme | The moral of the work, "A truth." |
Protagonist/Antagonist | Hero / Villain |
Irony | An unexpected twist in the plot. |
Climax | The highest point of the action. |
Dialogue | Conversation between two people. |
Dialect | Realistic way of speaking (vernacular). |
Symbolism | When an item of meaning takes on a broader significance. |
Characterization | Static = No Change; Dynamic = Change; Stereotypical or Flat vs. 3 dimensional. |
Imagery | Descriptions to create pictures (in the reader's mind). |
Genre | The type of literature (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance etc.) |
Foreshaddowing | Hints of events to come. |
Flashback | An inference to an earlier event. |
Figurative Language | Not literal; uses poetic devices; EX- personification, simile etc. |
Allusions | References to the bible, historical figures or literary characters. |