Literary Terms Review

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Literary Terms Review

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When someone says one thing but means
another
Verbal irony
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• person, place, or thing used to represent
  something else

symbol
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• The audience is made aware of something that a
  character in the story may not be aware of

Dramatic irony
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• When the author gives hints or clues about events
  that have yet to occur

foreshadowing
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• Main character or hero of the story

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protagonist
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• Action or sequence of related events

plot
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• A comparison of two things using like or as

simile
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• the high point, or turning point, in a
  storyusually the most intense point

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climax
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• A character struggles with him or herself

Internal conflict
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• A type of irony where there is a large difference
  in what was expected and what happened

Situational irony
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• A comparison of two unlike things without using
  the terms like or as

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metaphor
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• a character or force that opposes the leading
  male or female character

antagonist
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• the fourth part of plot, in which the
  complications are untangled

Falling action
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• second part of plot where the situation gets
  complicated or the conflict intensifies

Rising action
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• Time and place of a story

setting
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• part of plot that provides setting, introduces
  characters, and establishes situation

introduction
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• A struggle between opposing forces

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conflict
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• when the struggle in the story lies outside of
  the character

External conflict
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• The main idea or lesson of the story

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theme
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• The relationship of the story teller to the story

Point of view
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• Placing together two unlike and contradictory
  terms for literary effect

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oxymoron
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• A manner of speaking which is not natural for non
  native speakers of the language

idiom
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