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literary vocab words
literary vocabulary words.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Symbolism | people, places, or things used to represent something else |
| metaphor/simile | a figure of speech thata makes a comprison between two unlike things with/without words like or as |
| falling action | sequence of events that follow the climax and end in the resolution |
| oxymoron | condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together |
| diction | writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language which combine to help create meaning |
| foreshadow | intro early in a story of verbal and dramatic hints to suggest what's come later |
| hyperbole | bodly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literal |
| narrator | the voice of the person telling the story, not to be confused with the author's voice |
| paradox | literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true |
| genre | french word meaning kind/type |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| antagonist | character, force, or collection of forces in fiction or drama that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of a story |
| theme | general idea or insight about life the writer wishes to express |
| connotation | associations and implication that go behind the literal meaning of a word |
| exposition | part of the story that provides the background info needed to understand the characters and action |
| imagery | language that evokes the 5 senses |
| denoument | events following the climax of a drama or novel where some sort of resolution or clarification takes place |
| protagonist | main character in a drama or other literary work |
| allusion | brief reference to a person, place, thing event, or idea in history |
| climax | moment of great intensity in a narrative or drama expecially the conclusion or a crisis |
| convention | characteristic of a literary genre that's understood and accepted by audiences because i has come through usage and time to be reconized as a familiar technique |
| local color | use of regional dtail in a literay or an artistic work |
| tone | attitude of the writer toward the subject of character |
| irony | statement that initially appears contradictory but then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense |
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