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Literary Terms
Literary Terms
50
English
9th Grade
09/25/2009

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"1. fiction"
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"a story which is at least partly made up"
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"2. non-fiction"
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"a true story"
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"3. genre"
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"a type of literature"
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"4. author"
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"the person who wrote the story"
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"5. narrator"
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"the person who tells the story"
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"6. point-of-view"
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"the angle from which the story is told (narrator)"
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"7. omniscient"
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"all-knowing narrator"
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"8. fly-on-the-wall"
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"a narrator which can only tell what can be seen or heard "
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"9. first-person narrator"
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"a narrator who is in the story"
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"10. third-person narrator"
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"a narrator who is not in the story"
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"11. mood"
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"readers� response/feelings after reading a story"
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"12. tone"
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"author�s attitude/emotions that come through the story"
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"13. plot line"
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"the events as they happen in the story"
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"14. exposition"
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" the beginning of the plot line which introduces the setting and the characters; the explanation part of the story"
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"15. setting"
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"where and when a story takes place"
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"16. characters"
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"people in the story"
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"17. antagonist"
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"the opponent of the main character"
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"18. protagonist"
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"the main character"
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"19. static Characters"
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"characters who don�t change "
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"20. dynamic Characters"
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"characters who do change "
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"21. conflict"
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"the major problem in the story"
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"22. internal conflicts"
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"character versus him/herself"
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"23. external conflicts"
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"problems between the character and an outside force"
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"24. rising action"
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"more conflicts and suspense "
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"25. suspense"
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"a growing feeling of excitement or anxiety that makes a reader curious"
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"26. climax"
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"the moment of greatest tension; the turning point in the story"
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"27. falling action"
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"action after the climax"
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"28. resolution"
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"wrapping up the loose ends in a story; the outcome of the conflict; the last part of the plot line"
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"29. foreshadowing"
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"clues the author gives about what is going to happen later"
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"30. flashback"
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"jumping back in the story through a memory"
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"31. dialogue"
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"talking"
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"32. dialect"
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"the way characters talk because of where or when they�re from"
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"33. irony"
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"the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens"
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"34. verbal irony"
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"sarcasm�saying the opposite of what you mean"
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"35. situational irony"
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"a happening that is the opposite of what you�d expect"
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"36. dramatic irony"
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"when the audience knows something the characters don�t"
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"37. theme"
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"the lesson or message the author sends in the story"
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"38. symbol"
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"images with several possible meanings or interpretations"
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"39. adage"
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"proverb or traditional saying "
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"40. allusion"
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"reference to, or mention of, something"
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"41. alliteration"
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"repetition of beginning consonant sounds"
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"42. assonance"
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"repetition of vowel sounds inside words"
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"43. hyperbole"
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"exaggeration for effect"
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"44. imagery"
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"use of sensory words to describe "
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"45. inference"
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"conclusion based on a premise/facts; deduction"
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"46. metaphor"
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"comparison of two unlike things: �He�s a pig.�"
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"47. simile"
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"comparison using �like,� �as,� or �than�: �He�s as messy as a pig.�"
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"48. personification"
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"giving human personality traits to non-humans"
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"49. paradox"
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"a seemingly contradictory statement which may be true"
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"50. metonymy"
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"a word that is used to stand for something associated with it; for example:"
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