Literary Terms Flashcards
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Antagonist
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Opposes the central character
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Alliteration
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Repetition of sound
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Dramatic irony
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Audience knows something the character does not
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Flashback
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Go to past to clarify the present
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Foils
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Characters that are opposite
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Foreshadowing
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Clues as to what will happen in the future
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Imagery
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To create a mental picture
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Metaphor
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Direct comparison
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Narrator
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Person who tells the story
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Paradox
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Contradiction in meaning
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Personification
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To give non humans human characteristics
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Plot
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What happens
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Point of view
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First person: I
Second person: you
Third person: he/she/they
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Protagonist
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Central character
