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Literature Terms
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English
9th Grade
05/20/2009

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Plot
Definition
The sequence of events or happenings in a literary work.
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Refrain
Definition
A word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza.
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Repetition
Definition
The return of a work, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature. ex. repeating sounds, rhymes and phrases.
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Setting
Definition
The time and place of action in a narrative.
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Simile
Definition
A comparison made between two dissimilar things, through the use of a specific word of comparison, such as: "like", "as", "than", or "resembles".
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Symbol
Definition
Any object, person, place or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief or value. ex. rose=love; skull=death.
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Theme
Definition
The main idea or the basic meaning of a literary work.
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Stanza
Definition
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.
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Tone
Definition
The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers (anger, amuse, tender, shock).
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Inversion
Definition
A reversal of the usual order of words to achieve some kind of emphasis.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants.
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Assonance
Definition
The repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together, in a group of words.
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Conflict
Definition
A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.
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Imagery
Definition
Language that appeals to the senses; concrete; abstract.
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Meter
Definition
A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
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Metaphor
Definition
A comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them by using the word "is".
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The use of a work whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning.
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
The pattern of rhymes in a poem (indicated by a different letter of the alphabet for each new rhyme).
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
A rhyme that occurs within a line
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End Rhyme
Definition
A rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines.
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Personification
Definition
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a natural force, or an idea is given personality, or described as if it were human.
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