Lit Terms

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allusion

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reference to a person place or event from literature or history

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protagonist

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person who drives the action or expresses a want

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antagonist

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a person or thing who is in the way of what the protagonist wants

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setting

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time and place of story

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direct characterization

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author tells directly what the character is or looks like

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indirect characterization

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use own judgement what a character is or looks like

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static chracter

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person who doesn't change much at the end of the story

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dynamic character

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person who changes at the end of the story

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diction

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writer's choice of words

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syntax

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author's choice of grammar

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connotation

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all the meanings a word suggests

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denotation

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dictionary meaning of a word

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details

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pieces of info (why does the author give us this info)

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foil

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chracter who is used as a contrast to another chracter

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parallelism

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repetion of words, phrases, or sentences who have grammatical structure

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figurative launguage

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word/phase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level

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metaphor

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literal meaning

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simile

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figurative meaning of a word

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symbol

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person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself

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personification

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gives a nonhuman thing a human like quality

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archetype

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universal symbols or patterns

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foreshadowing

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use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot

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imagery

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language that appeals to the senses

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irony

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contrast between expectation and reality

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situational irony

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unexpected twist

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dramatic irony

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occurs when audience knows something that a character doesnt know

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verbal irony

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writer/speaker says one thing but really means something different

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point of view

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vantage point from which writer tells the story

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1st person

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one of hte chracters is actually telling the story

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3rd person limited

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narrator plays no part in story zooms in on thoughts and feelings of just one character

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3rd person omniscient

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person telling the story knows everything

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plot

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series of related events that make up a story/drama

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subplot

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secondary storyline

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theme

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central idea of a work of literature

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tone

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attitude a writer takes toward the audience