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8th grade lit terms
8th grade literary terms- franz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| act | chapter, made of scenes, usually 5 in a play |
| alliteration | two or more words near eachother that begin with the same sound |
| antagonist | person who tries to stop the protagonist |
| aside | breaking the fourth wall, character talks directly to the audience without other characters hearing |
| blocking | where people stand on stage |
| indirect character description | describes the character's actions |
| direct character description | gives facts about the character |
| convention | an unspoken agreement between the audience and the players |
| conflict | two opposing forces meet |
| external conflict | forces can be seen |
| internal conflict | within a person |
| drama | written to be performed, limited time, seen and heard |
| epic | long narrative poem that has adventure, god intervention, heroic figures, vast setting, and elevated style |
| epithet | a repeated description often marked by a hyphen |
| figurative language | creating pictures in a reader's mind |
| first person pov | told from the character's perspective, use "i" |
| flashback | content in a story that refers back to events that occured before the story begins |
| foot | one piece of a metrical pattern |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration meant to create an image |
| hubris | overweaning pride |
| irony | the opposite of what one expects |
| kleos | everlasting fame |
| limited omniscient pov | reports on thoughts and feelings of one or two characters |
| lyric poem | express a feeling |
| metaphor | direct comparison |
| meter | a set number of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of a poem |
| metis | having intelligence, cunning, and versatility with words |
| monologue | a long speech about a character's feelings, other characters can hear,communicate publicly |
| mood | feeling or atmosphere |
| narrator | tells the story |
| narrative poem | tells a story |
| novel | more than 120 pages, 6+ main characters, characters change, many slices of life, fiction |
| objective pov | reporting on what is seen and heard |
| omniscient pov | reports on thoughts and feelings of all main characters |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non humans |
| poetry | written works that are rhythmic |
| point of view | the way in which a reader is presented with the materials of a story |
| protagonist | who the reader wants to prevail |
| rhyme couplet | AABBCCDD... |
| rhyme scheme | a way of labeling rhyme pattern |
| scene | one part of an act |
| setting | time and place |
| short story | 2 to 60 pages, slice of life, reveals a character, 1 to 3 main characters, ironic ending |
| simile | an indirect comparison |
| soliloquoy | when a character thinks outloud and the audience can hear but the other characters don't |
| sonnet | 14 lines, 10 syllables, ABABCDCDEFEFGG, last two lines are ironic, stressed/unstressed syllables |
| stanza | a set number of lines forming a pattern |
| symbol | has a meaning of its own but also represents another meaning |
| theme | a lesson in a story |
| third person pov | narrator not in the story |
| tragedy | an unnecissary death because of human flaw |
| foreshadowing | hints, connected to irony |
| plot | events in a story |
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