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Lit. Terms
final lit. terms.
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English
9th Grade
06/10/2007

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Alliteration
Definition
Repitition of inital consonate sounds
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Antagonist
Definition
Character or force in conflict with the protagonist/main character.
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Aside
Definition
A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sound
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character
Definition
person in a story,poem,movie,or play.
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Characterization
Definition
The way a author introduces a character.
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Climax
Definition
The point of intrest within a story.
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Round character
Definition
A character that has many character traits which sometimes may contridict one another
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Flat character
Definition
A character that only has one or a few traits, that can usualy be described in few words.
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Dynamic character
Definition
A character that changes as a result of the story's events.
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Conflict
Definition
The problem or struggle within a story.
Usualy has 5 broad categories-
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Supernatural.
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External conflict-

Internal conflict-
Definition
outside force

occurs in a character's mind
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Static character
Definition
one who doesnt change much in the story.
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Connotation
Definition
An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing.
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Consonance
Definition
the repitition of consonant sounds
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Denotation
Definition
The direct meaning of a word
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Epic
Definition
A long narritive poem
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Figurative language
Definition
writing or speech not ment to be interpreted litteraly- has deeper meanings that add meaning to a text.
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Foreshadow
Definition
hints or clues about what will happen later
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Genre
Definition
A catogagory or type of literature
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Iorny
Definition
Contrast between expectations and reality
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Metaphor
Definition
a direct comparison usin IS
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Mood
Definition
the feeling a reader gets from reading a piece of literature
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Jargon
Definition
Words that are specific to a group
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onomatopoeia
Definition
Word that imitates a sound
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personification
Definition
giving human-like qualtities to non-human objects
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plot
Definition
series of realated events that make up a story or drama
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point of views-
ominscient-

1st person limited-
3rd person limited-
Definition
all knowing, can say what others are thinking.
the story through one persons POV.
narrator zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of a character.
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Protagonist
Definition
The main chatacter in a play or drama
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
A repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of a line.
ex. eyes(a)
cries(a)
tears(b)
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Setting
Definition
time and place of the action
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Sollique
Definition
a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character onle on stage- allows us to see into the characters mind.
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similie
Definition
a comarison using like or as.
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suspence
Definition
a feeling of uncertainty about what will happen, keeps you reading because you want to find out what happens next.
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symbol
Definition
anything that represents something else
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theme
Definition
a message or lesson a story or play tries to teach us about life;an insight about real life that we can apply to our life
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tone
Definition
the feeling or attitude toward the subject the author writes about.
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inference
Definition
a clue about whats to come
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non-fiction
Definition
writing that deals with real people, thins, events and places.
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