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Lit Term Review
Lit Term Review
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English
7th Grade
01/03/2012

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Term
flashback
Definition

going back in time

 

Term
verisimilitude
Definition
sense of reality
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rising action
Definition
the escalation of conflict
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theme
Definition
a message or statement about life learned from the story
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simile
Definition
a comparison using "like" or "as"
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external conflict
Definition
a conflict outside of a character
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first person point of view
Definition
when a character in the story is telling the story
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symbol
Definition
represents something other than itself
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omniscient
Definition
all knowing
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resolution
Definition
the solving of conflict
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narrator
Definition
the person telling the story
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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of sound
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static character
Definition
a character that does not change
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denouement
Definition
a French word meaning "resolution"
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irony of situation
Definition
when an event turns out differently than expected
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author
Definition
the person who wrote the story
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exposition
Definition
necessary background information
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climax
Definition
high point of excitement
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setting
Definition
the time and place of a story
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third person point of view
Definition
when a character outside of a story is telling the story
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limited point of view
Definition
when the narrator only knows what is in the mind of one or two characters
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internal conflict
Definition

a struggle inside of a character

(generally a choice that needs to be made)

Term
indirect characterization
Definition
when the reader learns what a character is like through what the character says and does
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direct characterization
Definition
when the narrator explicitly tells the reader what a character is like
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dynamic character
Definition
a character that undergoes a change
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metaphor
Definition
a comparison of two unlike things using a linking verb such as "is," "are," etc.
Term
personification
Definition
giving human characteristics to something non-human
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dramatic irony
Definition
when the reader knows something hidden to a character
Term
verbal irony
Definition
when what is said is not what is meant
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hyperbole
Definition
an extreme exaggeration
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onomatopoeia
Definition
when a word sounds like the noise it represents
Term
foreshadowing
Definition
a clue to something that will happen later in the story
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protagonist
Definition
the "good guy"
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antagonist
Definition
the "bad guy"
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genre
Definition
category of literature
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