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Literary Terms for 6th grade

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Term
Meaning
show words that imitate sound  
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show exaggeration to make a point  
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Flashback   show
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show clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.  
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Symbol   show
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Suspense   show
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Irony   show
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Figurative Language   show
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Free verse   show
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show an expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region  
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show words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses  
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Persuasion   show
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Theme   show
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Atmosphere   show
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Tone   show
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Character   show
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Antagonist   show
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Hero   show
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Characterization   show
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show Conversation between characters  
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show a type of literature  
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show a story written to be performed by actor  
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Comedy   show
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show imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life  
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Fable   show
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show combines fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. usually takes place in a future that is technologically advanced  
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Myth   show
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show a brief work of fiction that contains a plot  
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Plot   show
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show a struggle between opposing forces  
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External conflict   show
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show a character struggles with himself - struggle takes place in the mind usually concerning a decision, an action, or a felling  
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show part of a story or drama that introduces the characters, setting and basic situation  
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show the outcome of the conflict in the plot  
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show (rising action) situations involving the progress of the conflict in the story  
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show the turning point of the action in the plot, point where the outcome of a story hangs in a balance between one outcome and another  
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Falling action   show
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show the end of the story or the resolution  
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show the perspective from which a story is told  
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show a speaker or character who tells the story from a particular point of view  
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First Person Narrator   show
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show narrator that is not a character in the story and can be limited or omniscient  
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Third person omniscient   show
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Metaphor   show
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