List of Literary Terms covered in Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
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| simile | A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
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| metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is said to be another.
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| hyperbole | Over exaggeration for dramatic effect.
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| imagery | Writing that appeals to the five senses.
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| symbolism | When an object is used to represent a larger idea.
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| idiom | A phrase commonly used in a particular time period and geographical location that doesn't mean what the words literarly seem to say.
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| First person point of view | When the story is told using the pronoun, "I"
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| Second person point of view | When the story is told using the pronoun, "you"
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| Third person point of view | When the story is told by an outside narrator who is not actually a character in the story itself.
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| Tone | The author's attitude or view point towards the subject matter.
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| Mood | the atmosphere of feeling in a scene or peice of writing
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| prose | Writing that is organized in paragraphs rather than stanzas
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| dynamic character | a character who undergoes a significant change in personality
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| static character | a character whose personality remains the same throughout the story.
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| theme | the main idea or author's message
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| epiloque | something added after the last chapter in the story that ties up any loose ends.
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| direct characterization | when the author directly states traits about a character
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| indirect characterization | when the characters actions, words and the reaction from other characters lead you to infer traits about the character
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| flashback | when a story refers to past events that took place prior to the current point in time
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| foreshadowing | clues or hints about what is going to happen later in the story
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| protagonist | the main character in a story
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| antagonist | the character or force opposing the protagonist
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| internal conflict | a conflict takes place within a charactercharacter versus self
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| external conflict | a conflict that takes place with an outside force
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| realistic fiction | a fiction story that is seems like it actually could happen in real life in our modern time period
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