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Lit. Terms/Conflict
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Central idea of purpose (message) of the literary work | Theme |
| Compares two things using the words "like" or "as" | Simile |
| The literal meaning of a word | Denotation |
| Character struggles with an outside force such as another character or something in nature. | External Conflict |
| Figurative language that gives human characteristics to an animal or nonliving thing. | Personification |
| Suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word. | Connotation |
| A struggle between forces | Conflict |
| Language used in a imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true | Figurative Language |
| character struggles with his or her own needs | Internal Conflict |
| a story based on one's own life and told in the first person | Narrative |
| The perspective from which a story is told | Point of View |
| Compares two things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as." | Metaphor |