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Title

Literary Terms

Description

Difinitions

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Subject

Literature

Level

8th Grade

Created

08/28/2007

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Term

Sensory Language

Definition

Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses

Term

Setting

Definition

The setting of a literary work is the time and place of the action

Term

Short Story

Definition

a brief work of fiction, usually a message about life or human nature

Term

Simile

Definition

A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a dirct comparision between two unlike ideas