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Literary Terms Flashcards

1
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Where and/or when a story takes place

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Setting

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2
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A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

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Paradox

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3
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Long story relating the great deeds of a larger-than-life- hero

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Epic

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4
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Words or phrases placed beside each other that have the opposite meaning

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Oxymoron

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5
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Three dots which indicate the omission of words or the trailing off of a thought

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Ellipsis

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6
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Adjective of describing phrase regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing in the story

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Epithet

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7
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Comparison of two unlike objects sharing two or more similar characteristics

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Figurative Language- Metaphor

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8
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Figure of speech where actual interest is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning

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Irony- Verbal

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To directly address a nonexistent person, abstract quality or person (usually absent)

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Apostrophe

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10
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A long speech made by one character in a play, narrative, or poem

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Monologue

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11
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When a character struggles with forces outside of himself/herself

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Conflict- External

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12
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The insertion of material often not closely related to the subject of the text

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Digression

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13
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Language that appeals to the senses

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Imagery

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14
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Who is telling the story

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Point of View

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15
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Is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story

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Motif

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16
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A struggle that takes place entirely within a character’s own mind

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Conflict- Internal

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17
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To imitate the techniques or style of some person, place, or thing

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Parody

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18
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Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself itself as well

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Symbol

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19
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Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about that will happen

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Suspense

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20
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Series of related events that make up a story

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Plot

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21
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Universal patterns found in art and literature

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Archetype

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22
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Sugar coating or a kinder expression

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Euphemism

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23
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or comedy

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Hyperbole

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24
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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone or on the stage

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Soliloquy

25
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Author’s or character’s attitude towards the subject of being written or towards the audience

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Tone

26
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Any kind of art, writing, or speaking that ridicules or mocks some weakness in individuals or society, etc.

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Satire

27
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A strategy in rhetoric appealing to the audience’s intellect

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Logos

28
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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people

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Dialect

29
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When the audience know something the characters in the story do not know

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Irony- Dramatic

30
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Character or force blocking the protagonist

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Antagonist

31
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Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects

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Anthropomorphism

32
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Traditional story usually used to explain a belief, ritual, or natural phenomenon

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Myth

33
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Figure of speech that makes a comparison using words such as “like” or “as”

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Figurative Language- Simile

34
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A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or event in history or in literature

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Allusion

35
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The emotional mood the author gives to the text

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Atmosphere

36
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A character in a story who does not change

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Character- Static/Flat

37
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Fixed idea or concept of a character that doesn’t allow for individuality

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Stereotype

38
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Repetition of a word, phrase, or sentence

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Anaphora

39
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Words associated with sound

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Onomatopoeia

40
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A strategy in rhetoric appealing to the audience’s sense of right and wrong

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Ethos

41
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Figurative language in which a non living thing is given living qualities or characteristics for the purpose of comparison

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Figurative Language- Personafication

42
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An extremely harsh and cruel insult

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Invective

43
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Repetition of initial consonants sounds

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Alliteration

44
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Play in the multiple meanings of a word or two words that sound alike but have different meanings

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Pun

45
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Clues that allow the reader to speculate what might happen later in the plot

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Foreshadowing

46
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Part of the plot that gives information about characters and their problems

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Exposition

47
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Another term for slang, an expression that cannot be translated literally

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Idiom

48
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Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in the plot

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Climax

49
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank Verse

50
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A character who emphasizes the actions or qualities of the protagonist by providing strong contrast

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Foil

51
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A strategy in rhetoric appealing to the audience’s emotions

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Pathos

52
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A character in a story who changes as a result of the story’s events

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Character- Dynamic/Round

53
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Word choice used by the author to create tone or atmosphere

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Diction

54
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Main character the reader focuses his/her attention on in the story; the person who sets plot in motion

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Protagonist

55
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Scenes that interrupt present action of plot to tell what happened at an earlier time

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Flashback

56
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Statement expressed or implied that a text seems to be making about its subject

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Theme

57
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A literary, musical, or artistic work that imitates another’s recognizable style

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Pastiche

58
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A series of words or phrases or clauses with grammatically similar construction

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Parallelism

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