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Literary Terms
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7th Grade
02/04/2011

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Climax:
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The stage that is the point of most intrest in a story or play. This plot event happens torwards the end of a story after the reader understands the conflict: when the reader becomese emotionally involved with the character(s)
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Conflict:
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A struggle between opposing forces. The external kind of these involves the character who struggles against an outside force such as nature,a physical object, or another character. The internal type of these is one the occurs within a character.
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Exposition:
Definition
In the begginning of the story, introduces setting, important characters, and sometimes the conflict.
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Falling Action:
Definition
When the story begins to close; it comes after the climax but before the resolution. It shows the results of important decisions that happened at the climax. Tension eases as this plot event begins, however the outcome is not clear.
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act
Definition
major divison within a play
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adventure story
Definition
action is a main part of this kind of story
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alliteration
Definition
repititon of consonat sounds
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allusion
Definition
reference to a famous person place event or work of literature
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analogy
Definition
point by point comarison between 2 things
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antagonist
Definition
force against a protagonist
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assonance
Definition
reppitition of vowel sounds
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authors perspective
Definition
the authors fellings that are in the book
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authors purpose
Definition
the purpose for the author to write the book
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auto bio
Definition
bio. of an author told in 1st person
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ballad
Definition
poem that tells a story usually sung
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bio.
Definition
story of a persons life
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cast of characters
Definition
a script with actors
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character
Definition
organisms that take part in literature
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characterization
Definition
the way the wriete creates and develops caharacters
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character traits
Definition
qualities shown by the character
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comedy
Definition
dramatic work that is funny
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connotation
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fellings
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couplet
Definition
rhymed pair of lines
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denotation
Definition
fellings
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description
Definition
helps picture events in the story
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dialect
Definition
language that is in the story
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dualogue
Definition
conversation between characters
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diary
Definition
daily record of characters thoughts
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drama
Definition
a play using actors
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epic poem
Definition
long narritive poem
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essay
Definition
short work of ideas on a topic
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exaggeration
Definition
an extream overstatement
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expostiion
Definition
final stage of the story plot
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extended metaphor
Definition
compares 2 things for a long time
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fable
Definition
a breif story with a metaphor
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falling action
Definition
stage in plot were story closes
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fantasy
Definition
highly imaginative story
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farce
Definition
exagerated comedy
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fiction
Definition
prose that tells a fanasty
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figuratice language
Definition
imaginative way to express ideas
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flash back
Definition
interrupption that tells something that happened before
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foil
Definition
character who provides contrast to another
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folklore
Definition
traditions customes
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folk tale
Definition
story passed down
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foreshaddownign
Definition
sugestion of future events
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form
Definition
structure of the work
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free verse
Definition
no rhythm in poetry
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genre
Definition
classifaction of literature
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haiku
Definition
japanesse poetry
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hero
Definition
main character that saves others
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hero
Definition
main character that saves others
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historical drams
Definition
drams that take place in the pst
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historical fiction
Definition
short story taking place in some part of the past
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humor
Definition
laughter of amusement
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hyperbole
Definition
exagerated truths
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idiom
Definition
expressions
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imagery
Definition
phrases that appel to sences
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interviw
Definition
conversation including a reporter
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irony
Definition
contast betwween what is expected and with what actually hapeens
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legend
Definition
story that is handed down
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limeric
Definition
short humerous poem
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lyric poetry
Definition
pietry that represents thoughts and feelings
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memoir
Definition
autobio writing
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metaphor
Definition
comparison
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meter
Definition
poetry patterennd of streess
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mood
Definition
feeling or atmosphere of the story
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moral
Definition
lesson that a story teaches
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myth
Definition
traditional story
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narratice nonfiction
Definition
much like a fiction story
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nonfiction
Definition
writing that tells about real events
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novel
Definition
a long work of fiction
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ode
Definition
a lyric poem
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oral literatire
Definition
storys passed dpwn oraly
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prop
Definition
object used in drama
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rythm
Definition
pattern in poety
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scene
Definition
episode of a play
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script
Definition
text of a play
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stanza
Definition
group of lines that unit a poem
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understatemetb
Definition
technique of createign an empahasis
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word choice
Definition
the writers choice of words
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