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WRFG Literary Terms DC
WRFG Literary Terms DC
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7th Grade
05/02/2011

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narrator
Definition
a person or character who tells a story
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point of view
Definition
a vantage point from which a story is told
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flashback
Definition
part of a story poem or play that presents events that happened at an earlier time
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setting
Definition
the time and place in which it happens
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character
Definition
a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work
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protagonist
Definition
the main character in a story
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conflict
Definition
a struggle between 2 people, animals or things in a literary work
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stereotype
Definition
an unexamined, false idea about a type of person or group of people
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dialect
Definition
a version of a language spoken by people of a particular place, time, or group
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anecdote
Definition
a brief story, usually told to make a point
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metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another
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parallelism
Definition
means literally, "similarity"
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suspense
Definition
a feeling of expectations, anxiousness, or curiousity
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climax
Definition
the point of the highest interest and suspense in a literary work
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analogy
Definition
a comparison of things that are alike in some ways but different in others
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realism
Definition
the attempt to render in art or literature an accurate portrayal of reality
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foreshadowing
Definition
the act of hinting at events that will happen later in a poem, story, or play
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folk tale
Definition
a story passed by word of mouth from generation to generation
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symbol
Definition
a thing that stands for or represents both itself and something else
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exposition
Definition
provides background info about the characters, setting, or conflict
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inciting incident
Definition
the event that introduces the central conflict
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rising action
Definition
develops the conflict to a high point of intensity, which is the climax
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falling action
Definition
all the events that follow the climax
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resolution
Definition
the point at which the central conflict is is ended or resolved
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denouement
Definition
any material that follows the resolution and that ties up loose ends
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