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Literary Terms G10

Literary Terms for Grade 10

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Falling action All action that takes place after the climax.
Rising action In a play or story, the action and conflicts that lead to the climax.
Allegory A story with both a literal and symbolic meaning.
Allusion A reference to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, myth, or religion.
Antihero A protagonist who is markedly unheroic, morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of unsavory qualities.
Flat character A one-dimensional character.
Round character A character who shows a variety of complex and or contradictory traits.
Antagonist A character, institution, group, or force that is in conflict with the protagonist.
Protagonist The central character of a literary work. The action usually revolves around the protagonist who generally receives the reader’s sympathy.
Context The words and phrases surrounding a word that influence its meaning.
Denouement The conclusions or tying up of loose ends in a literary work; the resolution of the conflict and plot.
Foil A character who, through contrast, reveals the characteristics of another character.
Narrator The person telling the story.
Omniscient narrator When the narrator’s knowledge extends to the internal thoughts and states of mind of all characters.
Unreliable narrator A narrator who is not credible when it comes to telling the story.
Sarcasm A bitter remark intending to hurt and express disapproval. Less subtle than verbal irony.
Simile A figure of speech that compares two things that are not alike, using the words like, as, or than.
Utopia A perfect or ideal world.
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