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Literary Terms
6th grade Language Arts Literary Terms
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6th Grade
05/10/2011

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Entertain
Definition
an article written for someone’s interest
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Effect
Definition
what happens because of an event
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Cause
Definition
what makes something happen
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External Conflict
Definition
a character struggles with some outside force or with another character
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Internal Conflict
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a character struggles with himself
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Conflict
Definition
a struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.
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Homophones
Definition
words that sound the same but have different meaning and spelling.
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”
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Noun
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a person , place, thing or idea
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Verb
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an action word
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Adverb
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describes a verb
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Adjective
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describes a noun
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Emotion
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the speaker’s feelings
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Mood
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the overall feeling of the presentation
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Tone
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the speaker’s attitude towards the subject
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Point of View
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the vantage point of perspective from which the author chooses to tell the story
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Setting
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the time and place of the action of a story or play
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Visualizing
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what you picture in your mind when you read
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Resolution
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the conclusion or a conflict; a solution
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Inference
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things that the reader figures out by using the author’s clues
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Inform
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an article written with facts; fact packed
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Persuade
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an article written to try and convince the reader to do or not to do something.
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Plot
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a series of related events and actions that make up a story; the unfolding or sequence of events in a story.
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Climax
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the point of highest intensity in the action; the turning point in the story
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Protagonist
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the chief character in a play or a story (sometimes called the “hero”)
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Antagonist
Definition
Forces that work against the protagonist (sometimes called the “villain”)
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Foreshadowing
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Events occur that predict later events; clues about what is going to happen
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Irony
Definition
a contrast between what is expected and reality
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Analogies
Definition
comparison of two like or unlike things; find the relationship
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