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Literary Terms
Midterm
21
English
9th Grade
01/03/2007

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antagonist
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a force in conflict with the protagonist
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character
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a person personified animal or object which takes a role in a literary work
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characterization
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the development of a charecters personality traits
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climax
Definition
point of greatest interest
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conflict
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struggle between a protagonist and an opposing force which comes from within or without the character in the form of nature, man, society, or a combination of forces
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direct characterization
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the athor tells the reader about the character directly
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dramatic irony
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the reader knows something the character dosent know
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exposition
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what happens before the present action begins and that the reader needs to know
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first person
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i teels the story, the narrator describes other characters but not what they think
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flash back
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literary device in which a charecter views an event by going back in the past
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foreshadowing
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literary device that perpares the reader for what is to come in the story by using hint before the actual event occurs
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indirect characterization
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the reader finds out about a character they way they would find out about a person by what they do or say or others say about them
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metaphor
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implied comprarison of two dissimilar things that gives new insight to the reader
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omniscient
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all seeing all knowing third person can tell characters thoguhts and feelings
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plot
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a series of events
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point of view
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who is telling the story
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protagonist
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the central charater of the story
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setting
Definition
time place and chief circumstances
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simile
Definition
implied comparision of two dissimilar things that uses the words like or as
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situational irony
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when you expect one thing to happen and the opposite happens
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verbal irony
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when a charecter says one thing but means something else
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