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Literary Terms
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8th Grade
11/06/2008

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Alliteration
Definition
The repitition of initial consonant sounds used to draw attention to certain words or ideas

(Keyword: repetition)
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Allusion
Definition
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art

(Keyword: Person)
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Anecdote
Definition
A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event.

(Keyword/Hint:Antidote=Small Medicine)
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Character
Definition
A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary piece.
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Characterization
Definition
The act of creating and developing a character.

(Keyword/Hint: In order to make an animation, you must create a character.)
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Conflict
Definition
The struggle between opposing forces in a literary work.

(Keyword/Hint: Struggle)
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Dialogue
Definition
A conversation between characters.
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Exposition
Definition
Writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

(Keyword/Hint: Expose=Present.)
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Fiction
Definition
Prose writing that tells about imaginative characters and events.

(Keyword/Hint: Imaginative.)
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Figurative Language
Definition
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.

(Keyword/Hint: Language= Speech.)
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Flashback
Definition
A section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time.

(Keyword/Hint: Back=earlier.)
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Foreshadowing
Definition
The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

(Keyword/Hint: Fore.
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Genre
Definition
A division or type of literature.
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Irony
Definition
The general name given to techniques that involve suspiring, interesting, or amusing conclusions.
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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
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Mood
Definition
Feeling
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Motivation
Definition
Reason
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Nonfiction
Definition
Real People
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Novel
Definition
Long work of fiction
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Plot
Definition
Sequence of events.
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POV
Definition
Perspective
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Prose
Definition
Not poetry
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Protagonist
Definition
Main Character
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Setting
Definition
Time or place.
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Simile
Definition
Figure of speech
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Symbol
Definition
Stands for something
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Theme
Definition
Central message.
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