Flashcards in literary terms Deck (37)
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the sequence of events in a story (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, turning point, falling action, resolution)
plot
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introduction of setting, characters, and basic situation
exposition
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struggle between opposing forces (man vs. man, man vs. group(society), man vs. himself/herself, man vs. nature)
conflict
3
the event or character that triggers the conflict
inciting force
4
events leading to the climax
rising action
5
item of utmost importance; point of highest interest and emotional response to a reader; turning point of a story
climax
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events leading to the resolution
falling action
7
the final unwinding, or resolving, of the conflicts and complications in the plot
resolution
8
the narrative method in a piece of writing (whos telling the story)
point of view
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the writer lets only one of the characters tell the story(this person speaks as "I")
first person pov
10
the story is narrated by someone who stands outside the story, but also sees everything from the limited vantage point of only one character
limited 3rd person pov
11
the narrator is an "all knowing" observer who can describe all the characters and actions in the story as well as comment on wha the characters feel (allows us to see into the minds of all the characters[thoughts or feelings of more than one character])
omnicent pov
12
the time and place where the action of the story takes place
setting
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the method writers use to define a character (character is revealed through physical description, dialogue, characters thoughts or actions, and reactions of other characters)
characterization
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the author makes specific statements about the character
direct characterization
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a character is revealed by the way he or she speaks, thinks, or acts
indirect characterization
16
central character in a literary work
protagonist
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character who stands in direct opposition to or in conflict with the protagonist
antagonist
18
the main idea or message that the author wishes to share with the reader. a writer rarely states the what it is directly. the writer will leave hints so the reader must infer what it is
theme
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the attitude the writer takes toward a subject or audience. a writers can have a lighthearded, cynical, affectionate, bitter, scornful, compassionate, detached, so on...
tone
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the feeling the writer creates for the reader. there are several ways it can be established (descriptions of the setting, what characters say, the use of imagery, and figurative language can all be usd to develope this)
mood
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pictoral quality achieved through a collection of images
imagery
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a reference to a person or thing the writer expects the reader to recognize
allusion
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an expression that could have more than one interpertation(slow children at play)
double entendre
24
an interlude in a story in which an event that took place earlier momentarily interrupts the storys actions
flashback
25
hint or suggestion of a coming event
foreshadowing
26
involves a difference, or discrepancy btween what appears to be true and what really is true(appearance vs. reality)
irony
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a speaker says the opposite of what he or she means
verbal irony
28
the discrepancy is between what a character says(or thinks) and wwwhat the reader knows is true(the character is not aware of what the reader knows is true
dramatic irony
29
occurs when a situation turns out to be different from what we expected
situational irony
30
A comparison of two unlike things
metaphor
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A comparison of two things using like or as
simile
32
use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning ( boom boom pow )
onomatopoeia
33
A figure of speech in which to contradiction words or phrases are combined in a single expression (jumbo shrimp, wise fool)
oxymoron
34
giving human qualities/actions to an animate objects
personification
35
anything that stands for something else
symbol
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