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Literary terms Hrs9
English literary terms for final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Narrator | The story teller-the 'voice' that tells what happens. The reader follows the events of the story through the eyes of the narrator. |
| Point of view | The 'eyes' of the narrator. |
| Characterization | The creation of the image of imaginary persons in drama, narrative poetry, the novel, and the short story. Characterization generates plot and is revealed by actions, speech, thoughts, physical appearance, and the other characters' thoughts or words. |
| Character traits | Traits that a character has |
| Setting | It is the time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a situation occurs; including the background, armosphere, or environment in which characters live and move. The setting also establishes a mood which the story conveys. |
| Conflict | The struggle or major problem around which the story is built. |
| Theme | A story's main idea. A story may be about hope or despair, love or hate, courage or cowardice, life or death. It's outcome may also imply some lesson or moral or mak some meaningful observation or conclusion about life, twist or surprise that is a lesson |
| Symbol | A word or object that stands for another word or object. The word or object can be seen with the eye or not visible. |
| Purpose | The will that drives characters to do things, something that drives their motives and actions. |
| Simile | Similes use like or as to state the comparison. Ex. After her chores, Karen exploded out of the house like a Fourth of July firecracker. |
| Metaphor | Metaphors imply a comparison without using like or as. Ex: Karen became a Fourth of July firecracker, exploding out of the house after her chores. |
| Personification | Personification is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas). |
| Imagery | An author often makes use of words and phrases that appeal to the senses. These words and phrases, called images, help a reader mentally experience what the characters in the literary selection are actually experiencing. |
| Dialect | The style of speech used by people in a certain region of social group. |
| Tone | The writer's attitude toward his or her subject. |
| Mood | The feeling or atmosphere created by a literary work. Mood is the emotions that you feel while you are reading. |
| Flashback | An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence. A flash back is a narrative technique that allows a writer to present past events during current events, in order to provide background for the current narration. |
| Memoir | A special kind of autobiography, usually involving a public portion of the author's life as it relates to a person, historic event, or thing. The text is about the personal knowledge and/or experiences of the author. |
| Autobiography | Covers the author's entire life to the present, and is expected to include details about his or her public and private life. |
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