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Clipp Literary Terms
Clipp Literary / Reading Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | repetition of the same beginning consonant sounds |
| anecdote | a little story |
| analogy | comparison between two things; a metaphor |
| autobiography | a writer's own life story |
| biography | person's life story written by someone else |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters; usually has quotation marks around it |
| essay | short piece of nonfiction |
| figure of speech | word or phrase that describes something |
| flashback | scene that interrupts action to show the past |
| foreshadowing | clues hinting at events that will happen later in the story |
| imagery | language that appeals to the 5 senses |
| mood | a story's atmosphere or feelings |
| parallelism | words, phrases, sentences with the same idea |
| personification | objects have human characteristics |
| satire | writing in which the author makes fun of society or government in order to promote change |
| simile | comparison using like, as, than or resembles |
| symbol | object, color, or piece of nature that stands for a big idea or theme |
| tone | author's attitude toward the reader |
| voice | author's distinctive use of language in the text |
| theme | life lesson, moral or message of a story (not the same as a "topic") |
| climax | the moment when the reader knows how the story will end; the high point; the turning point |
| setting | where and when the story takes place; stories can have multiple locations |
| resolution | how the problem or conflict in the story is solved; the ending |
| exposition | the beginning of a story that gives the reader background information |
| conflict | the problem or struggle; can be internal (man vs. his fear) or external (man vs. man) |
| allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature; a reference to well-known characters or events |
| allegory | a story that acts as an extended metaphor; it can be a fable, poem, etc. that has deeper meaning |
| antagonist | a character who deceives, frustrates or goes against the main character |
| protagonist | main character or lead figure; often the hero of the story |
| genre | a category or type of literature, such as "science fiction" or "realistic fiction" or "short story" |
| irony | how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem; often the opposite of what we expect; the twist or surprise in a story |
| metaphor | when one thing is said to be another; a connection between two unlike things |
| motif | a recurring object, structure or concept in a story; a pattern |
| narrative | a story |
| narrator | the speaker or voice of a story |
| point of view | the way the reader is given the events of the story; can be 1st person, third person, etc. |
| plot | the events of a story from beginning to middle to end; includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution |
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