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11th Grade
10/26/2016

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Literature
Definition
a picture of life through the written/published word.
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Genre
Definition
a specific classification of literature
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Fiction
Definition
not true, but true to life
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Non-Fiction
Definition
writing that is historically factual
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Dialect
Definition
quirks in the language according to a particular geographical region
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Setting
Definition
time and place in literature
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Plot
Definition
sequence of events or actions in literature
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Flashback
Definition
a scene in a story that reverts back to an event in the past
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Foreshadowing
Definition
where the author drops hints as to what will come later in the story
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Character
Definition
1) a person in a story 2)the personality a character displays
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Theme (lesson)
Definition
the point the author tries to make about life through his/her work
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Point-of-view
Definition
the authors angle of vison from the story is revealed
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Protagonist
Definition
main character
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Antagonist
Definition
Opposing force/villain
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Conflict
Definition
the most important element of plot (the struggle)
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Figure of Speech
Definition
a device that allows an author to say one thing and mean something different.
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Style
Definition
anything that makes one author's work different from one another
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Paradox
Definition
a contradiction in terms
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Simile
Definition
Comparison using "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
Definition
Implied direct comparison, usually with "of" or "is"
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Personification
Definition
giving human characteristics to something not human
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Hyperbole
Definition
literary exaggeration
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Analogy
Definition
explaining an "unknown" by means of a "known"
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Satire
Definition
poking fun/sarcasm at literary situation (in the plot) in order to make a point
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Irony
Definition
difference between reality and appearance
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Allusion
Definition
a reference to something in history or literature that the author expects the reader to recognize
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Imagery
Definition
mental picture
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Symbol
Definition
something in literature that represents something else
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