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PCS English
Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | series of words have the same letter or sound (example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.) |
| allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one (Animal Farm is an allegory) |
| allusion | a reference to something else |
| antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another opponent; adversary (example: Jack in Lord of the Flies is an antagonist.) |
| argument | an exchange of opposing views |
| character | a person/animal in a novel |
| characterization | description of a character, can be either what they look like (short, tall, skinning, brown hair) or describe a trait (honest, brave, funny) |
| citation | giving credit to a quotation |
| claim | statement that is true; can either be factual or opinion |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces (examples: man vs. himself, man vs. society, man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. supernatural) |
| contrast | describe the difference between two items |
| dialect | language of people, may be based on location, social status and race |
| dialogue | conversation |
| dramatic irony | reader knows something, but the character in the book does not know |
| direct characterization | the author states a character's trait |
| evidence | used to support a claim |
| exposition | introduce background information on events, characters, setting |
| external conflict | struggle between character and outside force (nature, another character, society) |
| flashback | a section of a literary work that interrupts the chronological presentation of events to relate an event from an early time |
| foreshadowing | hints at an important plot developments to come |
| hyperbole | exaggerates an idea |
| illusion | a reference to something else |
| imagery | appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch or hearing |
| indirect characterization | we read the words/thoughts/actions of a character; we read descriptions of a character's appearance; we read what other characters are thinking |
| irony | a situation that ends up differently than one would have expected |
| metaphor | comparison of two dissimilar things |
| mood | reader has emotional feelings as they read |
| motif | subject, idea or concept that is present throughout the whole story |
| narrator | person who tells the story |
| onomatopoeia | word whose sound imitates its meaning (example: whoosh, drip, pop) |
| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human object (example: The leaves waved in the wind) |
| plot | the events that make up the story |
| point of view | manner in which the story is narrated (first person - "I", third person - "he" or "she" |
| propaganda | used to influence ideas of society |
| rhetorical question | question that is asked to make a point, but does not need to be answered |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| simile | a direct comparison between two subjects using either "like" or "as" |
| situational irony | when something happens that is different that what is expected |
| symbol | something that stands for something else (example: the conch in Lord of the Flies symbolizes order) |
| symbolism | something that stands for something else |
| thesis | sentence giving main point of essay |
| theme | main point of story |
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