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Literary terms
24 common literary terms
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11th Grade
10/07/2013

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Allegory
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An extended narrative that carries a second meaning. (ex, Narnia and God)
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Allusion
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Direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place,etc. Ex- Alice- Alice in wonderland
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Anachronism
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Inappropriate period of time
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Anticlimax
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trick, event that is an abrupt shift. Into ending
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Analogy
Definition
Resemblance of two different things
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Antihero
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Character who lacks qualities to be a hero. loser
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Character foil
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Character whose character is opposite to the protagonist. Allows better understanding of protagonist
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Confidante
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Trusted friend of protagonist.
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Contrast/juxtaposition
Definition
mixing of opposite or different things. heightens moods, clarifies meaning
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Dialect
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Speech characteristics of a particular region or people
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Dramatic irony
Definition
reader knows something the character does not
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Situational irony
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Things turn out opposite of what audience expects
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Verbal irony
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Contrast between what character says and means, ex. sarcasm
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Malapropism
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Substitution of one word for a different but similar sounding word.
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First person detached
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considerable time has elapsed, narrator has balanced perspective
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Fist person observer
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told by an observer, could be confidant
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First person subjective
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Protagonist tells story as events unravel
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Third person objective
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does not enter minds of characters
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Third person omniscient
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narrator knows minds of all or some characters
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Third person limited omniscient
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in one characters mind
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Predicament
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position difficult to get out off, difficult problem. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH DILEMMA.
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Prose
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does not rhyme
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Pathos
Definition
Sad feelings from story.
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Satire
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Ridicule of something, in order to provoke change. Mocking
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Tone
Definition
Authors feelings towards character
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Vicarious experience
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emotional involvement in a story
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Wit
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intellectual humor
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Fractured chronology
Definition
out of order, not linear
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