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LAlab
Literary terms for language arts lab
Question | Answer |
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Climax | high point of the story |
Setting | The surrounding or environment where a story is taking place. |
personification | giving human characteristics to none human things. |
foreshadowing | to show or indicate beforehand |
Dynamic character | a character who goes under a permanent change in outlook or character during the story. |
Allusion | a passing or casual reference. |
Theme | The moral of a story, author wishes to express |
Conflict | internal, external . a problem in life. |
Simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared. |
Dramatic irony | when something is very ironic |
Omniscient | complete or unlimited knowledge |
Static Character | A literary character who stays basically uncharged throughout a work. |
Style | A way the story is written. |
Symbol | Representing something else |
Irony | What is said is not what is meant |
Protagonist | the good guy |
Antagonist | The bad guy |
Modify | make less severe of harsh or extreme. |
Syntax | The grammatical of words in a sentence |
noun | person,place or thing |
Adjective | Pertaining to or functioning as an adjective. |
Verb | A word that represents an action or a state of being. |
Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. |
Point of view | a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal. |
Nemesis | something that a person cannot conquer. |