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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | the use of words who sounds echo there meaning |
| oxymoron | a combination contradictory words that have opposite or different meanings |
| parodox | something that is made up of too opposite things and that seems imposible but its actually true or possible |
| parody | imating another work or style of a particular writer,artist,or genre for humorious affect |
| personification | the given or human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |
| plot | the series or events in a story |
| exposition | beginning , introduces ,background, setting, and characters |
| rising action | develops the conflict |
| climax | the poiny of greatest intrest in the story , conflict is usually resolved and the outcome of the plot is clear usually twards the end of the story |
| fallimg action | story begins to draw to a close |
| resolution | final outcome |
| poetic justice | the ideal judgement that rewards virtue and punishes vice |
| point of view | the method of narration |
| first person | the person telling the story is a character in the story (uses 1st person pronouns -I) |
| second person | the narrator is not in the story and is specifically speaking to the reader |
| third person omniscient | the narrator is not a character in the story and knows that all of the characters think, feel, and observe (he, she, they) |
| third person limited | the narrator is not a character in the story and knows what only one character thinks, feels and observes |
| protagonist | the main character involved in the main story |
| pun | a play on words based on the similarity of sound between the two words but both having different meanings. |
| satire | a genre of literature or performing arts in which bad things are held up to ridicule with the intent of shaming into improvement |
| setting | time and place the action takes place including geographic location, historical period, season, time of day and culture |
| simile | a comparison of two things by using like or as. |
| style | a manner of writing |
| symbolism | a person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. |
| denotation | |
| dialogue | written conversation between two or more characters |
| figurative language | language that communicates meaning beyond the literal meanings of words. |
| flashback | an interruption of the action to present events that took place in the past. |
| foreshadowing | a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story. It creates suspense and makes the reader eager to find out what will happen. |
| genre | a category in which a work of literature is classified |
| Fiction | stories that are NOT true. |
| Realistic Fiction | Stories that are not true but could happen. |
| Historical Fiction | Set in the past and involves real people, places, or significant events in history |
| Science Fiction | Set in the future and based on the impact of real, potential, or imagined technology. |
| Fantasy | Contains magical elements such as non-existent world, talking animals, and other creatures, and objects or people with super powers. |
| NON FICTION | includes biographies, histories, memoirs, how to books, self-help books, books on business and even books on writing. |
| hyperbole | figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis for emphasisor humorous effect. |
| idiom | An expression that has a meaning different from its individual words. |
| imagery | through writing sight, smell, taste, sound, touch. |
| inference gap | the act of process or reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence. |
| irony | contrast between what one expects versus what really happens. |
| situational | an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. |
| verbal | a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. |
| dramatic irony | understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the story. |
| metaphor | a comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. |
| narrator | the voice that tells the story |
| allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word. |
| allusion | a reference to a famous person, place, event or work of literature. |
| analogy | a comparison between two things that are alike in some way. |
| antagonist | the character working against the main character. |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within the non-rhyming words. |
| author's purpose (PIE) | is the author's reason for writing. |
| characters | the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature. |
| dynamic characters | a character who changes throughout the course of the novel. |
| static characters | a character who does not go through significant changes throughout the course of the novel. This character is the same in the beginning as in the end. |
| flat characters | a character who is not complicated, no personality. |
| round characters | a character who is complex (a lot of personality and characters) |
| characterization | the way a writer creates and develops |
| conflict | A struggle between opposing forces. An external conflict involves a character who struggles against a force outside them. |
| man vs. man | External |
| man vs. nature | External |
| man vs. self | Internal |
| man vs. society | External |
| connotation | the ideas and feelings associated with the word. |
| theme | a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. |
| tone | the writers attitude toward his or her own subject |
| understatement | creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true, opposite of hyperbole. |
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