Literary Terms

Question 0

The repetition of the beginning sounds in group of words (usually at the beginning)

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Alliteration

Question 1

A technique for providing clues about events that may happen later in the story

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Foreshadowing

Question 2

The overall message the author wants you to learn from a piece of writing

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Theme

Question 3

The main storyline in a piece of writing

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Plot

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A narrative poem or song that tells a popular story, often of physical courage or love

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Ballad

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A struggle between two or more opposing forces

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Conflict

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A person presented in dramatic or narrative work

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Character

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The highest point of interest in a piece of writing. Events then start to conclude.

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Climax

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Poems characterized by their nonconformity to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza

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Free verse

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An emotional struggle inside a person

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Internal Conflict

Question 10

A struggle against the environment/nature or society.

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External Conflict

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The same sound occurring in different words

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Rhyme

Question 12

The reason why something has been written or created

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Purpose

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Language that uses figure of speech, such as simile, metaphor, personification, and alliteration; to create imagery

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Figurative language

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The time, place, and situation in which the characters are placed.

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Setting

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An idea or object that is used to represent something else

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Symbolism

Question 16

The actual words that characters speak; can be used to create conflict

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Dialogue

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You are unsure what will happen next in a piece of writing. It makes you want to keep reading

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Suspense

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The term given to the opponent who opposes the main character and gives rise to conflict

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Antagonist

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The term given to the main character (the hero) in a selection

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Protagonist

Question 20

The perspective the author establishes to tell the story (who is telling the story?)

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Point of view

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The narrator of a selection is also a character. Refers to himself as “I”

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First person point of view

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The narrator of a selection is NOT a character

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Third person point of view

Question 23

The overall feeling (light and happy or dark and brooding) created by an author’s choice of words

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Mood

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as; e.g., "You are a dog"

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS; "My love is like a red, red rose"

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Simile

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The sound o a word resemble it's meaning, e.g., buzz, hiss, etc.

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Onomatopoeia

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A literary device in which human qualities or actions are attributed to non- human beings or objects

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Personfication

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An exaggerated statement used not to deceive, but for humorous or dramatic effect; "It rained cats and dogs

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Hyperbole

Question 29

The apparent emotional state, or "attitude," of the speaker/narrator/narrative voice.

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Tone

Question 30

A technique for presenting something that happened earlier to help explain something about the current situation

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Flashback

Question 31

Part of a visual that is the main area of interest

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Focal point

Question 32

Language that creates pictures in a reader's mind to bring life to the experiences and feelings described

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Imagery

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The intended meaning is opposite to the spoken word

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Irony

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Language that means exactly what it says

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Literal meaning

Question 35

An audience made up of the same kind of people (e.g., children between the ages of eight and twelve, doctors, people who live in northern climates, etc.)

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Target audience

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Still or moving images that communicate information. (Paintings, photographs, cartoons, television, movies, illustrations, drawings, videos, advertisements, etc.)

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Visuals