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American Lit - Week 7
American Lit terms
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Language - English
Undergraduate 1
10/16/2015

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SIMILIE
Definition
A comparison using like or as
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IMAGERY
Definition
A description appealing to the 5 senses
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MOOD
Definition
the atmosphere created by a work of literature or poety
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SOLILOQUY
Definition
A speach by a character in literature meant to be heard by the audience but it is as if the character is alone
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MONOLOGUE
Definition
A longer speech to reveal the character's feels
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CLIMAX
Definition
The turning point in a story, the highest point of action
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PROTAGONIST
Definition
the main character of a story
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TONE
Definition
the mood of the story
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PLOT
Definition
the sequence of events in a fctional story
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ANTAGONIST
Definition
the character who opposes the main character (protagonist) or moral of a story
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ANALOGY
Definition
to compare two thngs that are not similar to further understand a meaning
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REVELATION
Definition
when a previously unknown fact becomes known, usually dramatically presented
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JOVIAL
Definition
marked by good cheer
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DUNNAGE
Definition
personal baggage
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NARRATIVE
Definition
a ficticious or nonficticious story with an account of events
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SEQUENCE
Definition
the order in which events occur
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GOTHIC
Definition
a genere of literature that combines death, horror and Romanticism
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ROMANTICISM
Definition
type of literature that originated in the 18th century
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RISING ACTION
Definition
the part of a plot that builds toward the climax
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FALLING ACTION
Definition
the part of a plot that occurs after the climax of a story
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