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Literary Terms
Common literary terms
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Literature
10th Grade
10/12/2010

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allegory
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story that represents a bigger idea/ principle
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denotation
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dictionary definition of a word
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simile
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compares 2 things using like or as
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irony
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difference between whats expected and what actually happens
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Characterization
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method in which an author describes or reveals a character
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allusion
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reference to another well known person, character, or work of literature
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metaphor
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compares 2 things w/out using like or as
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imagery
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descriptive language used to paint a picture in readers mind
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connotation
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emotional connections to a word
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protagonist
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main character
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personification
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describing non human objects as if they were human
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setting
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time and place
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symbolism
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object stands for something else (bigger idea)
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hyperbole
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obvious&intentional exaderation
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climax
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high point of story
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theme
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big idea
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alliteration
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same begginning sound over and over again
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tone
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attitude author takes
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conflict
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problem
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figurative language
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language not meant to be taken literally
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free verse
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poetic form that abandons rhyme and meter
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ambiguity
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doubleness or inconclusiveness of meaning
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apostrophe
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used in the first two stanzas of "Oh Captain! My Captain!"
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Motif
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a reoccurring theme or idea
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archetypes
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original pattern or model from which all things are copied; a familiar form that is easily recognized, it may even seem "cliche"
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paradox
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
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onomatopoeia
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the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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mood
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a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude
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foreshadowing
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to show or indicate before hand
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symbol
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something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something
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understatement
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to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms:
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satire
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the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
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point of view
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standpoint
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assonance
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resemblance of sounds.
partial agreement or resemblance
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Occasional verse
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poems that are written for a special event
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ambivalence
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the coexistence of conflicting feelings or attitudes of an author or text
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dirge
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a poem expressing lament or mourning
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elegy
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moves from mourning and sorrow to acceptance
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caesura
Definition
a pause
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