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Literary Terminology
English midterm review
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English
10th Grade
01/26/2010

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Setting
Definition
time and place of the action
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Suspense
Definition
a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events
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Conflict
Definition
a struggle between two opposing forces
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Internal Conflict
Definition
struggle takes place within the protagonist's mind
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External Conflict
Definition
A character struggles against some outside person or force.
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Protagonist
Definition
main character
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Antagonist
Definition
a character or force in conflict with the main character
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Dynamic
Definition
a characterthat changes in the course of the story
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Static Character
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A character that stays the same.
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Direct Characterization
Definition
When the author comes right out and tells the reader information regarding a character
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Indirect Characterization
Definition
When the author leaves room for the reader to interpret a character based on what the character says or does
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Plot
Definition
Sequence of events in a literary work
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Chronological Order
Definition
The manner of order in which events happen
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Rising action
Definition
all the events that occur before the climax of the story(conflict)
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Climax
Definition
High point of interest or suspense
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Falling Action
Definition
All events that occur after the climax(resolution)
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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Flashback
Definition
Technique an author uses to remind the reader of something that happened previously
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Irony
Definition
Surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions
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Verbal irony
Definition
words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning
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Irony of situation
Definition
an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters or the reader
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Allusion
Definition
A reference to a well-known person, group, place, idea, work of art or literature-that is widely held and that allows for no individuality or variation
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
use of words that imitate sounds(hiss, crash, buzz, ring)
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Point of View
Definition
Perspective from which the story is told
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1st Person
Definition
narrator is a character in the story, reffered to as  "I". We see the story through his/her eyes.
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Third Person Omniscient 
Definition
(all-knowing) narrator is not a character in the story but knows everything about the story's events and reveals the thoughts of all the characters
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Limited Omniscient
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narrator is not a character, but he or she presents the story from the perspective of only one of the characters, referring to that character as "he or she"
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dramatic irony
Definition
the reader knows more than the character does
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Alliteration
Definition
commonly found in poems-repetition of the beginning letter or sound
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Denouement
Definition
the resolution, how everything gets tied together, what happens at the end
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exposition
Definition
back round information so we will know what we are reading
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imagery
Definition
words create images in mind
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metaphor
Definition
comparison w/o like or as
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simile
Definition
comparison with like,as
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theme
Definition
the point the author tries to make
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tone
Definition
how is this being written, attitude toward writin
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