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Literary Terms
| meaning | term |
|---|---|
| foreshadowing | Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. |
| metaphor | Comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. |
| irony | Special kind of contrast between appearance and reality—usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems. |
| personification | The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. |
| alliteration | The repetition of a consonant sound. 1) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers 2) cool cat |
| allusion | Reference in literature to a familiar person or event. |
| antagonist | Goes against the protagonist. |
| autobiography | It is the author's account of his/her own life. |
| biography | A story of a person's life by another person. |
| mood | A feeling, in the reader, the author creates through his/her word choice. |
| tone | The author's feeling toward his/her subject. |
| theme | The lesson of a story. |
| external conflict | man vs. man/man vs. nature |
| internal conflict | man vs. self/man vs. society |
| resolution | How a story ends |
| narration | The point of view from which a story is told. |
| climax | The point in a story when the protagonist faces his/her conflict |
| onomatopoeia | Is the use of words that imitate sounds. |
| hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| verbal irony | A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. |