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Literary Terms
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7th Grade
04/27/2010

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Plot
Definition
The structure of the story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story
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Exposition
Definition
Time, Place, Characters
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Rising Action
Definition
Builds suspense throughout the story
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Climax
Definition
Highest point of action in the story
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Falling Action
Definition
End of Suspense
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Reolution
Definition
Tying up loose ends; Final Outcome
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Denouement
Definition
Final End
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Character
Definition
A person or animal that is in a literary work.
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Protagonist
Definition
Hero or good guy
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Antagonist
Definition
Villian or bad guy
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Direct Characterization
Definition
Descring a character directly as one would see them
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Indirect Characterization
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The author develops the character through his/her actions, dialogue, thoughts, apperance or aother characters reactions
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Setting
Definition
The time, place, weather, and season the story takes place.
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Static Chatacter
Definition
A character who does not have a personality that changes due to plot
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Dynamic Character
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A character that undergoes an important internal change due to the plot
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Flat Character
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A minor character that does not grow or change through the story
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Conflict
Definition
Struggle between opposing forces
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Person Vs. Person
Definition
Man against another man
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Person Vs. Self
Definition
Man against his own mind or emotions
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Point of View
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The persspective in which a story is told
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Character
Definition
Person who takes part in the action of a literary work
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1st Person P.o.v
Definition
The narrator tells his own story using 1st person pronouns
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Drama
Definition
A story written to be performed by actors
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to a person. place, event, literary work
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Metaphor
Definition
comparison of two unlike objects
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Simile
Definition
comparison of two unlike objects using like or as
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Personification
Definition
Type of figurative language: Nonhuman subject is given human qualities
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Tone
Definition
The writers attitude towards the subject or characters
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Figurative Language
Definition
Writing of speech that appeals to the five senses
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Speaker
Definition
The imaginary voice consumed by the writer of a poem
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Dialouge
Definition
Conversation between characters
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Theme
Definition
Central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
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Suspense
Definition
A feeling of uncetence or fear about the outcome of events
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Clues about what may happen later in the story
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Symbol
Definition
Anything that represents an idea in literature
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Cliffhanger
Definition
Suspense at the of a chapter, book, or scene
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Assonance
Definition
The repitition of initial vowel sounds
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Alliteration
Definition
The repitition of initial consonant sounds
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Poetry
Definition
Writing divided into lines and stanzas that may use ryhme
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Genre
Definition
Divisions of literature
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Fable
Definition
A story with animal characters that teaches a moral
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Science Fiction
Definition
Fiction and Fantasy mixed with scientific facts
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Flashback
Definition
Interupts the sequence of events ti relate to earlier events
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Stage Directions
Definition
They describe how the play is to be performed or staged
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onomonopia
Definition
Word that is the sound it makes
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Myth
Definition
Story involving gods and goddesses to explain nateral events
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