literary terms Flashcards

(41 cards)

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Rhyme

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Corresponding a sound between the end of words

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End Rhyme

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A rhyme at the end of poetry

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Internal Rhyme

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any Rhyme that Rhymes with a Rhyme

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foreshadow

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Predicting the future in a book

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flash back

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memory triggered by something

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Irony

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something happening the opposite way you expected it to be that is funny

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Dramatic Irony

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when the audience knows more than the characters

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Situational Irony

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the opposite of what you expect

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verbal Irony

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same thing as sarcasm

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Omniscient point of view

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the another can see everything that is happening and what they are thinking

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third person point of view

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talking about themselves as another person

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first person point of view

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being the I in the story

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onomatopoeia

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sound in a story

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Personification

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giving human quality’s to a object or animal

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Hyperbole

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emphasising a word

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same thing or similar constant sound at the beginning of a words

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simile

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comparing something with like or as

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metaphor

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a comparison without using like or as

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Imagery

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when a author paints a picture in your mind

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Denotation

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when time flies

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connotation

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it is emotional word with different feelings

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External conflict

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Examples: Person vs person, person vs Society, person vs nature, person vs fate

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internal conflict

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person agenst self

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setting

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time and place

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Allusion
reference to another piece of literature
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Protagonist
when you are for the character
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Antagonist
it is the bad guy
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round character
someone who changes and develops though out the story
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static character
like a flat character they don't change
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Flat character
some one who doesn't change
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Dynamic character
someone who changes throughout the story
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indirect characterization
better writing. Gives info through details
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tone
attitude of a person
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Mood
the feeling you feel when you read storys
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Exposition
the intro or settings
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Inciting action
start of conflict
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rising action
conflict continue
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climax
the exciting part of the story
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falling action
after climax at the end of the story
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Resolution
the ending
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Direct characterization
the author telling you directly about the main character