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9th Lit EOC Prep
9th Grade Literature EOC Prep
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegory | device used to prevent an idea that extends over an entire work. |
| Allusion | reference to a well known place, literary or art work, famous person or historical event. |
| Fiction | narrative writing. Includes novels and short stories. |
| Flashback | a scene or event that has happened before the beggining of a story. |
| Foreshadowing | giving the clues about how the plot is going to develop. |
| Hyperbole | overstatement or exaggeration. |
| Idiom | expression whose literal meaning is not signed by what the words suggest. |
| Imagery | use of any words that evoke sensations of sight, sound, touch, smelling, or taste. |
| Irony | contrast between what is said or done and what is really intended to be said or done. |
| Metaphor | comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. |
| Nonfiction | writing that is true and factual. These include essays, speeches and biographies. |
| Oxymoron | combines terms which usually contradict each other but may still be true. |
| Personification | refers to animals, ideas, or things having human characteristics. |
| Plot | sequence of events in a story. Includes the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resoultion. |
| Simile | comparison between two unlike things using like or as. |
| Symbol | object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself, and also represents another meaning. |
| Theme | underlying message of a written work that usually reflects a certain outlook on life. |
| Plot | chain of related events that take place in a story. |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing forces. |
| External | conflict in which a struggle is pitted against an outside force. |
| Internal | conflict in which a struggle occurs within a character |
| Exposition | introduces the characters |
| Rising Action | complications of the plot introduced |
| Inciting Incident | moment at which the conflict is introduced. |
| Climax | turning point of the plot |
| Falling Action | events that occur after the climax and the intensity subsides |
| Resolution | conflict is resolved or comes to an end |
| Characters | people involved in the story |
| Setting | the time and place of the events of the story |
| Verbal irony | what is said is different from what is meant |
| Situational irony | an event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the reader or audience |
| Dramatic irony | difference between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows |
| Protagonist | main character or most important character in the story |
| Anatagonist | character who opposes the main character |
| Round | character shows many different traits, faults as virtues |
| Flat | character shows only one trait |
| Dynamic | character develops and grows during the course of the story |
| Motivation | drives the characters actions. |
| Mood | feeling created in the reader by a literary work |
| Point of View | vanage point from which a story is told |
| First Person | narrator is involved in the action |
| Third Person Limited | narrator is not involved, and reveals the thoughts of one character |
| Third Person Omniscient | the narrator is not involved but knows the minds of all characters |
| Theme | general idea about life that the author wants to communicate |
| Onomatopoeia | A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate the activity being described |
| Lyric Poetry | A short poem with one speaker that expresses thoughts, feelings, and emotions |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words or syllables. EX: Big Brown Bear |
| Epic | Long and formal narrative poem written in an elevated style that recounts the adventures of a hero of almost mythic proportions who often embodies the traits of a nation or people. |
| Soliloquy | An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play. |
| Tone | The attitude of the author toward the reader, audience, or subject matter of a literary work. |
| Monologue | a long speech given by one character to other characters. |
| Autobiography | a story about someone's life that they themselves have written. |
| Dialogue | a written conversation between two or more characters |
| Ethos | advertisement that appeals to experience. (Ex. Uses celebrities endorsement) |
| Logos | advertisement that uses facts or logical thinking. (Ex. Statistics and charts) |
| Pathos | advertisement that appeals to emotions.This type of ad often uses humor and/or manipulates emotions. |
| static | character who undergoes little or no inner change |
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