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Literary Terms
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English
10th Grade
09/22/2011

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Theme 
Definition
Central message of a text
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Protagonist 
Definition
Main Character of the text
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Antagonist 
Definition
The adversary(opposite) of a hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work
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Foil 
Definition
A secondary character who reveals the characteristic of the main character 
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Set-up/Exposition
Definition
A detailed statement or explanation 
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Rising Action
Definition
   related series of incidents in a literary plot that build towardthe point of greatest interest.
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Climax 
Definition
most intense point in the development of a resolution
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Denouement/Resolution
Definition
the final part of a movie, play, book, and etc.
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Foreshadow
Definition
warning or indication of a future event
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Symbolism 
Definition
An object that represents an abstract idea 
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Tone 
Definition
writers attitude towards a subject 
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Mood 
Definition
An author evokes a readers certain feeling or emotion 
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Diction

 

Definition
Word choice that both conveys the meaning or theme of a poem 
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Metaphor
Definition
compare two unlike objects without using like or as 
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Simile
Definition
camparing to unlike objects using like or as 
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Personification 
Definition
giving human characteristics to unhuman objects 
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Motif
Definition
a recurrent image, idea or theme


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Allegory 
Definition
a story, poem, or picture that can interpet a deeper meaning 
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Irony 
Definition

a literary term referring to how situation is not as it would actually seem.

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Repetition 
Definition
An author repeats a word or pharse 
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Flashback 
Definition
allows a writer to present past events during current events
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Imagery 
Definition
visually descriptive or figurative language
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Characterization 
Definition
 a person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story
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Setting 
Definition
 the time, place in which a situation occurs
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