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Literary terms
ELA final review
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English
7th Grade
06/16/2011

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Setting
Definition
The time and place of the story
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Foreshadow
Definition
Authors hints or clues about what's going to happen
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Conflict
Definition
Struggle between main character and another force
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Characters
Definition
People, animals on a story
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Theme
Definition
Message, meaning of the story
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Onomonapia
Definition
When a word sounds like it's meaning
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Anglo-Saxton
Definition
Another term for old English
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Plot
Definition
Sequence of events in a story
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The Globe
Definition
Where the first Shakespearian plays were preformed
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Symbolism
Definition
Object or a person which represents a larger idea
When something represents something else
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Protagonist
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Central characterin a story who often undergoes a change by the end of the plot
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Epic
Definition
Tells a story of royal character's adventures
Very long poem
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Similie
Definition
Comparison of unlike objects to show similarity
Uses like or as
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Irony
Definition
The outcome is the opposite of what is expected
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Fiction
Definition
Literature based on imagination, not fact
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Exposion
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When the character and setting is exposed
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Structure of a play
(3 words)
Definition
Acts, scenes, lines
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the initial sounds in two or more words in a line of poetry
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Resolution
Definition
When all loose ends are tied up; conclution
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Personification
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When an inanimate object or non-human things are made to seem human
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Climax
Definition
The most exciting or turning point in a plot
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