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Literary Terms!
Literary Terms for Pre Ap
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character | An individual, object, animal, or force created by the author for his/her work |
| Climax | Most decisive & critical scene or event |
| Conflict | Main character's opposed by another character/force |
| Connotation | Secondary meaning of a word in addition to its explicit meaning |
| Denotation | Explicit meaning of of a word |
| Diction | The choice of words, phrases, sentence structure & fig. lang which leads to the clarity & accuracy of writing |
| Epic Hero | Larger than life hero who takes on a quest |
| Figures of Speech | A stylistic divide that compares two things to convey a meaning or exaggerate a description |
| Foreshadowing | When the writer drops hints/clues as to what'll happen later on |
| Homoric Simile | Extended simile elaborated in great detail |
| Internal Conflict | Struggle that takes place in the protagonist's mind |
| Verbal Irony/Irony | Expression or statement where the meaning is used in the opposite way |
| Metaphor | Compares 2 things w/o using like/as |
| Mood | Emotion ambience (surroundings, feel) established by a literary work |
| Narrator | Character telling story |
| Plot | Order of events & incidents that occur in the storyline |
| Point of View | Perspective the author uses to tell the story |
| Resolution | The conflict in the story is worked out in some way |
| Setting | Time AND place in which a work of literature occurs |
| Simile | Comparing 2 things using like/as |
| Sololiequy | When a character is alone & talking to him/herself aloud |
| Speaker | The voice in a poem, may be poet or character created by poet |
| Surprise Ending | Piece of literature ends in an unexpected way |
| Suspense | Growing feeling of excitement felt by the audience while awaiting climax of the story |
| Tone | Atitude of the author towards teh work of writing (ie. word choice) |
| Theme | A controlling idea/subject for reflection in a literary work |
| Symbol | An object that represents an idea or feeling |
| Dramatic Irony | Audience knows something the main character doesn't |
| Irony of Situation | Action is opposite of what's expected |
| 3rd Person Point of View | Told by one of the characters using he and she (knows everything in the story) |
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