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Literary Terms
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English
9th Grade
02/06/2013

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personification
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giving of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects
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sonnet
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14 line poem about love
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metaphor
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a figure of speech when a word or phrase isn't literal
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symbol
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a thing that represents or stands for something else
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suspense
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a state or feeling of exciting about what may happen
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plot
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main evens of a play, book, etc.
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tragedy
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an event causing great suffering, distress, and destruction.
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antagonist
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a person who actively opposes someone or something; an adversary.
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protagonist
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leading or main character- deals with conflict
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round character
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dynamic changes negative or positive
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mood
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a state of feeling; tone
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aside
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lines delivered to an audience
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dialogue
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lines spoken by a character
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resolution
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the ending; conclusion
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theme
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the subject of talk, a piece of writing; the persons thought.
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conflict
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a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
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flashback
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go back to a moment of time in past
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setting
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place and time
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motif
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recurring symbols; lennie killing soft animals- doesn't know strength
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Direct character
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author describes
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indirect character
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read between the lines
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dynamic character
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changes or develops
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static character
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stays the same; not a lot of depth.
EX: bathasar
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