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Lit. Momma J.
Literature Terms for Mrs. Johnson
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Motive | a reason for acting in a certain way |
| Subplot | a story told in additoin to the main story in a work of fiction |
| Setting | the time and placein which something happens |
| Personification | a figure of speech in which something not human is described as if it were human |
| Internal Conflict | a struggle that takes place in the mind of a character |
| Irony | difference between apperance and reality |
| Characterization | the act of creating a character |
| Central Conflict | the main struggle in the plot of a literary work |
| Apostrophy | the poem that addresses a person or object directly |
| Autobiography | a story of a persons life written by that person |
| Conflict | a struggle between two people or things in a literary work |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which one thing is written about as if it were another |
| Parallelism | an expression of similar ideas in similar ways |
| Science Fiction | imaginative literature based on scientific beliefs,principles,or laws |
| Theme | central idea in a literary work |
| Allegory | a literary work in which each part stands for something else |
| Exposistion | the part of a plot that introduces the setting and main characters |
| Image | the language that describes something that can be seen, heard, tasted, touched, or smelled |
| Irony of Situation | an event that contradicts the expectations of the characters , the readers, or the audience |
| Motivation | a force that moves the character to think, fell,and act in a certain way |
| Personification | a figure of speech in which something not human is spoken as if it were human |
| Speaker | the voice that speaks or narrates a poem |
| Tone | writer's attitude toward a subject |
| Understatement | a statement that treats something important as if it were not human |
| Inciting Incident | the event that introduces a struggle in a literary work |
| Aim | a writer's purpose or goal |
| Myth | a story that explains the beginning of things in the natural world |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Symbol | something that stands for itself and something else |
| Allusion | a reference in a literary work to something famous |
| Fable | a brief story with animal characters and a moral |
| Folk Tale | a story passed down by word of mouth by generation to generation |
| Legend | a story based on important and real events or characters often from the distant past |
| Motif | anything that appears repeatedly in one or more words or literature or music |
| Oral Tradition | a work , idea, or custom passed down from generation to generation |
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