Term 1

Character

Definition 1

a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

Term 2

Anatogist

Definition 2

a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist.

Term 3

Protagonist

Definition 3

the main character in a literary work
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Term 4

Diction

Definition 4

manner in which we express words; the wording used

Term 5

denotation

Definition 5

dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have.

Term 6

connotation

Definition 6

set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning; can be personal, based on individual experiences.
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Term 7

Imagery

Definition 7

words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.

Term 8

MOOD

Definition 8

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

Term 9

Plot

Definition 9

the sequence of events
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Term 10

Exposition

Definition 10

introduction; introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.

Term 11

Rising Action

Definition 11

part of plot that begins as the conflict is introduced; adds complications

Term 12

Climax

Definition 12

point of greatest emotional intensity; the turning point
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Term 13

Falling Action

Definition 13

follows the climax and reveals its results.

Term 14

Resolution

Definition 14

concludes the falling action; reveals the outcome of the conflict.

Term 15

Conflict

Definition 15

struggle between opposing forces; two types
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Term 16

External conflict

Definition 16

outside force, such as another character, nature, society, or fate. Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature

Term 17

Internal conflict

Definition 17

a character who is torn between different courses of action; Man vs. Himself

Term 18

flashback

Definition 18

literary device which earlier episode, conversation, or event is inserted.
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Term 19

Foreshadowing

Definition 19

author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later

Term 20

Suspense

Definition 20

growing interest and excitement readers experience while reading.

Term 21

Point of View

Definition 21

perspective from which a story is told
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Term 22

First-person

Definition 22

told by a character who uses the first-person pronoun “I”.

Term 23

Third-person limited

Definition 23

the narrator uses third-person pronouns such as “he” and “she” to refer to the characters

Term 24

setting

Definition 24

the time and place of the action.
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Term 25

Style

Definition 25

distinctive way an author uses language.

Term 26

theme

Definition 26

central message, concern, or purpose

Term 27

Tone

Definition 27

reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
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Term 28

figure of speech

Definition 28

specific device or kind of figurative language.

Term 29

Metaphor

Definition 29

type of speech that compares or equates two or more things that have something in common.

Term 30

Simile

Definition 30

figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things. Uses like or as.
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Term 31

Oxymoron

Definition 31

combination of seemingly contradictory words.

Term 32

Personification

Definition 32

an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.

Term 33

Alliteration

Definition 33

repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words.