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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Climax | the most exciting point in the story |
| Resolution | this occurs after the climax in a story or novel and is when all the conflicts have been resolved |
| Setting | the time and place of the action in a literary work |
| Antagonist | the character or force in conflict with the main character |
| Denouement | any event that occurs at or after the ending in a story |
| Third Person Omniscient | the point of view when a voice outside the literary work tells the story, and the reader can tell what all characters think or feel |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues that suggest what will occur later in the story |
| First Person | the point of view when a character tells the story and the reader knows only what that character thinks or feels |
| Tone | A writer's attitude towards the subject |
| Simile | a comparison of two things using "like" or "as" |
| Mood | a feeling created in the reader by a literary piece of work |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as" |
| Theme | the central message of a literary work |
| Personification | A type of figurative language used in which human characteristics are given to non-human things |
| Moral | a lesson taught by a literary work. |
| Narrator | is the person who tells the story |
| Hyperbole | a type of figurative language used to show an exaggeration |
| Antonym | A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word |
| Synonym | A word that has the same or similar meaning |
| Idiom | A type of figurative language phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred by the literal meaning of the words |
| Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place,event, literary work, or work of art |
| Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
| Alliteration | the repetition of the initial consonant sound |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| Protagonist | the main character in a literary work who tries to solve the problem |
| Plot | the sequence of events, or what happens in a story or novel |
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