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Details Title: Literary Terms Description: Literary Terms Vocab and spelling Total Flash Cards: 30 Created: 02/19/2008 07:50:21	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Alliteration Definition Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Term Simile Definition comparing unlike things using "like or as" Term Metaphor Definition comparing unlike things using the verb "to be" Term Personification Definition giving human qualities to animals or objects Term Flashback Definition action that stops to show an earlier event Term Foreshadowing Definition use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature Term Characterization Definition how a writer developes a character this includes: appearance, actions, thoughts, character speech, reactions of others Term Conflict name 3 Definition struggle in fiction Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature Man vs. Self Term Irony Definition something happens or is said that is opposite of what is expected Term Point of View Definition 1st person- narrator  "I, me" 3rd person- no narrator Term Plot Definition what happens in a story Term Setting Definition where or when story takes place Term Theme Definition main idea-what author wants you to understand Term Tone Definition attitude or feeling from author Term Stanza Definition a paragraph of poetry Term Onomatopoeia Definition a word that imitates its sound (splash) Term Protagonist Definition main character of story Term Antagonist Definition the character that keeps the main character from getting what he/she wants (villian) Term The ocean's tide spoke softly of a millennia of time. Definition Personification Term He is a bull in a china shop. Definition Metaphor Term They call it Ship Trap Island. Sailors have a curious dread of the place. Definition Setting Term What is the shape of the gallows on the black cat's chest an example of? Definition Foreshadowing Term And the silken sad uncertain, rustling of each purple curtain... Definition Alliteration Term At the end of the "Black Cat", the message is....EVIL comes from Demon Alcohol. Definition Theme Term Charlie Anderson, the father in Shenandoah. Also Batman, or Superman.  Definition Protagonist Term The Joker in Batman and the Wiley Coyote. Definition Antagonist Term Boom!  Splash!  or Zing! Definition Onomatopoeia Term The old car took one look at the mountain, then it wheezed, coughed, and died. Definition Personification Term She sells sea shells down by the sea shore. Definition Alliteration Term Your sheets will smell fresh as a daisy. Definition Simile