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Coriaty Lit Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Theme | The general insight into life revealed through a piece of literature |
| Symbol | Anything that stands for or represents a larger concept |
| Personification | When a non-human subject is given human characteristics |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which one thing is directly compared to another that is completely different |
| Simile | A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparision between two unlike things |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces |
| External Conflict | A struggle one has with an outside force |
| Types of external conflict | Man v Man , Man v Nature , Man v Society , Man v Fate , Man v Supernatural , Man v Machine |
| Internal Conflict | A struggle one has within himself (Man v Self) |
| Resolved Conflict | A conflict where the problem is ultimately solved. |
| Unresolved Conflict | A conflict where the problem is not solved |
| Drama | A story written to be performed by actors on a stage |
| Comedy | A work of literature that has a happy ending. In a comedy, all of the conflicts are solved |
| Tragedy | A piece of literature that results in catastrophe for the main character(s) |
| Allusion | A reference in a piece of literature to a well known person, place, event, or literary work |
| Character Foil | When two characters with opposing traits are placed next to each other, thereby enhancing the existing traits of each |
| Oxymoron | Two contrasting terms that are placed next to each other, typically displays an internal conflict of a character |
| Irony | A literary technique that involves the difference between appearance and reality or what is expected and what actually occurs |
| Verbal Irony | Words that are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
| Dramatic Irony | A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true |
| Irony of Situation | An event which occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters and reader |
| Dynamic Character | A character that grows or changes throughout the story |
| Static Character | A character that remains the same through the course of the selection |
| Flat Character | A character that the reader knows very little about typically flat characters are minor characters in a text |
| 3-D Character | A life-like character that the reader is able to learn many aspects of. Typically, 3-D characters are main characters in a text |
| Point of View | The perspective from which a story is narrated |
| First Person Point of View | The narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself with the first person pronoun, I |
| Third Person point of View | The narrator is not a character in the story there are two types of third person point of view |
| Omniscient Third person point of view | The narrator knows and reveals what each character feels and thinks |
| Limited Third Person Point of View | The narrator shares the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character and everything is viewed from this character’s perspective |
| Satire | A style of writing that uses humor to criticize people, ideas, or institutions in hopes of improving them |
| Flashback | A section of a literary work that interrupted the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time |
| Figurative Language | Writing that is not meant to be taken literally. |
| Imagery | Writing that paints a picture in a reader’s mind. Executed through the inclusion of descriptive words by the author |
| Participial phrase | A phrase that begins with a verb that ends in ing or ed |
| Hyperbole | The use of words to exaggerate the description of a person or event |
| Motivation | A character's reason for saying or doing something |
| Foreshadowing | When an author gives the reader cliques about what may happen later in the story |
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