literary terms

Question 1

Brief fictional story

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short story

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events in the story

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plot

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message or lesson

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theme

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where and when the story takes place

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setting

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how a character is portrayed

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characterization

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narrator tells us what a character is like ‘‘you’re a mean one Mr Grinch

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Direct characterization

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we find out through dialogue, description of a character, what others say

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indirect characterization

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main character

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protagonist

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character that has a conflict with protagonist

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antagonist

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many human traits to make a personality

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round character

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one personality trait stereotype

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flat character

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character who changes mentally by the end of the story

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dynamic character

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character who doesn’t change

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static character

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expectation vs reality

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Irony

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sarcastic remarks ‘‘I can’t wait to go to Ms. Bailie’s class to make notes

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Verbal Irony

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something happens that isn’t expected =fire station burns down, power plant goes, out police station gets robbed

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situational irony

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audience knows something the character doesn’t. killer is behind shower curtain- victim walks into the bathroom

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dramatic irony

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reference to history of culture that the author expects us to know

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allusion

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problem man vs man man vs self man vs nature man vs society man v higher power fate

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conflict

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internal conflict

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man vs self

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external conflict

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man vs man

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external conflict

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man vs nature

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external conflict

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man vs society

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external conflict

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man vs higher power/fate

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perspective of the story

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point of view

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narrator uses I

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first person

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narrator not in the story but knows all the things

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third person

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second person

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character that are opposites of each other

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foil

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comparison using like or as he was as fast as a cheetah

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simile

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comparison not using like or as he was a cheetah on the field

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metaphor

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giving human traits to nonhuman objects

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personafication

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past memories

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flashback

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giving hints to what will happen in the future

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foreshadowing

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story with a moral or lesson/ characteristic are symbolic and literal

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allegory

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making fun of the weaknesses in the society to prove a point

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satire

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how a story/ reading makes the reader feel

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mood

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the authors attitude towards towards his/her work

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tone

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language that appeals to the 5 senses

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imagery

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something that represents an ideas or belief dove peace flag phototropism skull and crossbones poison

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symbolism

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conversion between characters

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dialogue

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background info in a story character conflict setting

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exposition

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found in the exposition hooks the readers attention so they want to keep reading

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narrative hook

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events in the story leaving climax of the conflict

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rising action

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highest point of interest in the story the ah ha moment

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climax

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events leading to the end of the story

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falling action

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the conflict is resolved at the end of the story not always a happily ever after

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resolution

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long poem or story narrating a hero's deed's and adventures

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epic

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extreme ex-aggregation i'm so hungry i could eat a horse the limo is as long as a football field

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hyperbole

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words that sound like the noise sound effects oink meow bang boom

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onomatopoeia

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long speech by a character on stage alone thinking aloud

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soliloquy

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feelings of excited or anxious uncertainty about something

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suspense

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authors use of language to make the story unique

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voice

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words that contradict each other jumbo shrimp pretty high ugly icy hot small crowd old news

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oxymoron

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traditional story concerning history of a people explaining a natural event

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myth