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Literary Terms 10/15 Flashcards

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Theme

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A deep idea or issue about human nature explored in the story. The general odor or insight about life that a write wishes to express

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Thematic Statement

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A statement about the author’s message.

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Motif

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The repetition of any object, element, subject, idea, or concept that is noticed throughout the entire body of literature

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Symbolism

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An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself

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Setting

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The time and place of a literary work that establishes its context

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Physical setting

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Time, place, physical surrounding

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Emotional setting

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Atmosphere, mood (as shown through thoughts/actions/dialogue of character)

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Mood

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The atmosphere that pervades a literary work that may be relevant to understanding the meaning

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Plot

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The sequence of events, what happens in the story

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Pacing

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The speed at which the story moves between exposition and action, or between cause and effect

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Exposition

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The parts at which the story that set the stage and give the readers background information

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Action

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The moments where events actually happen in the story and drive the story forward

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Rising action/Complication

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A set of conflicts and crises that lead up to the climax

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Climax

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The turning point of the plot- one marking a change in the protagonist’s affairs

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Falling action

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In the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax of the work that moves it forward

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Resolution/denouement

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The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story

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Flashback

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An interruption of a work’s chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work’s action

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces ina story of play, that’s is usually resolved by the end of the work

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Internal conflict

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A struggle occurring within a character’s mind

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External conflict

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A physical struggle

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Complication

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A intensification of the conflict

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Parallel plot

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The writer weaves two or more plots that coexist with the main plot

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Subplot

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A subsidiary or subordinate plot that coexists with the main plot

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Foreshadowing

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The use of hints or clues to suggest what is to come later in the story

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Narrator

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The voice and implied speaker, different that the author

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Point of view

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The perspective from which the story is told

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1st person

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The narrator is a character or an observer

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3rd person

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Narrator is not a character

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3rd person limited

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The narrator only know what the main character know

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Omniscient

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Narrator knows everything about the characters

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Limited omniscient

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The narrator knows somethings about the characters but not everything

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Reliable narrator

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Narrator is dependable

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Unreliable narrator

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Narrator can not be trusted, speaks with bias

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Biased narrator

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When the narration only reveals one side of the story

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Allegory

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A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning

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Character

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People in a work

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Characterization

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The means by which writers present and reveal character

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Protagonist

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The main character

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Antagonist

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A character or force against which another character struggles

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Foil

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A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in order to emphasize certain qualities in the main character

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Hero

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A character who displays courage and the will for self sacrifice for some greater good of all humanity

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Anti hero

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A main character who is opposite to a hero

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Archetype

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Pattern in literature that is repeated across cultures and time

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Epiphany

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Sudden strike/ realization of knowledge or experience in character

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Motivation

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Why a character does something

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Language

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The specific words and phrases

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Connotation

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The emotional, social, and cultural associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning

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Denotaion

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The dictionary meaning of a word

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Dialogue

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The conversation of characters in a literary work

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Diction

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The author’s/ speaker’s selection of words to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values

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