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Literary Vocabulary
Adapted from The IB Course Guide and Nectar in a Sieve
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Literature
10th Grade
04/30/2012

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Prose
Definition
Any kind of writing that is not verse - usually divided into fiction and nonfiction
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Setting
Definition
The time and place of the story, often including social and historical context as well as physical and temporal surroundings.
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Theme
Definition
The central idea or ideas that the writer explores through a text.
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Plot
Definition
the sequence of events in a poem, play, novel, or short story that make up the main storyline.
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Climax
Definition
the moment or scene of greatest tension in a work of fiction: it usually acts as a turning point.
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Denouement
Definition
The ending of a play, novel, or drama where "all is revealed" and the plot is unraveled.
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Narrator
Definition
The speaker or voice that tells the story
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Protagonist
Definition
Main Character. the audience tends to follow his or her development through the story
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Antagonist
Definition
A character who the protagonist has to struggle against in order to develop or change
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Tone
Definition
Emotion of the narrator or narrative voice of a story. The __________ is created through the combined effects of a number of features, such as diction, syntax, rhythm, etc.
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Atmosphere
Definition
the prevailing mood created by a piece of writing, or the emotion surrounding it.
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Diction
Definition
The choice of words that writer makes. Another term for 'vocabulary".
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Figurative Language
Definition
Language that is symbolic or metaphorical and not meant to be taken literally.
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Metaphor
Definition
A comparison of one thing to another in order to make a description more vivid. The ___________ actually states that one thing is the other.
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Simile
Definition
A comparison of one thing to another in order to make a description more vivid. __________ use the words "like" or "as" in this comparison.
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Personification
Definition
The attribution of human feelings, emotions, or sensations to an inanimate object.
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Symbol
Definition
Like images, _______ represent something else. In very simple terms, a red rose is often used to ________ love
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Motif
Definition
A dominant theme, subject or idea that runs through a piece of literature.
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Alliteration
Definition
the repetition of the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of words. Example: Lazy ladybugs lounge on the loo.
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Imagery
Definition
the use of words to create a picture or image in the mind of the reader. Imagery can relate to any of the senses, not just sight, but also hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
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Irony
Definition
At its simplest level, irony means saying one thing whole meaning another. It occurs where a word, phrase or event has one surface meaning or emotion but another contradictory, possibly opposite, meaning or emotion is implied.
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Syntax
Definition
The way in which sentences are structured. Sentences can be structured in different ways to achieve different effects.
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