Literary Terms From Elements Of Literature Textbook

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem

Hint 1

She sells sea shells by the sea shore
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

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Foreshadowing

Back 2

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

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

Hint 3

BAM!
WOOSH!
POP!

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Stanza

Back 4

Group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit

Hint 4

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I dream everyday
all about you.

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Personification

Back 5

Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

Hint 5

The engine roared to life

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Narrator*

Back 6

Voice that is talking to us in a poem or story*

Hint 6

I, Sherlok Homes, am going to tell you a story of my life*

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Foil

Back 7

Character who is used as a contrast to another character

Hint 7

C3PO to R2-D2

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iamb

Back 8

metrical foot, or unit of measure, consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (U /)

Hint 8

U /
arise

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

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Rhyme

Back 9

Repetition of accented vowel sounds, and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem

Hint 9

Row/go
Spain/Maine
Tingle/Jingle

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Protagonist

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The main character in a fiction or drama (character/force that blocks it= antagonist)

Hint 10

Hercules
Odysseus
Luke Skywalker

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simile

Back 11

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as "like, as, resembles, than"

Hint 11

Your eyes are like the sun

Your face shines as the sun does

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metaphor

Back 12

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of "like, as, than, resembles"

Hint 12

Your face is the sun

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point of view

Back 13

Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.

Hint 13

Omniscient, first person, third person limited

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Omnicient point of view

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"All knowing" person telling the story knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems. He can tell us the past, present, and future of all the characters (what they are thinking). like a God

Hint 14

Ron thought he would be fine, but his mom knew that he would never be coming back to her

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First Person point of view

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One of the characters is actually the narrator telling the story. we can only know and observe what this one character does.

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I was heading off on my big journey, and I thought everything was going to be fine.

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Third person limited point of view

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Narrator, who plays no part in the story, zooms in on just one character

Hint 16

Ron thought he would be fine, but little did he know that he would never come back home from his journey

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Conflict

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Struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces

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Luke vs. Vader
Odysseus vs. Poseidon
Light side vs. the Dark side

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Characterization

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the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story (indirect or direct)

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Indirect characterization

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writer gives us evidence of the character's personality, but lets us use our judgement to shape the character in our minds

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1. Letting us hear the character speak
2. Describing how they look or dress
3. Letting us listen to their thoughts or feelings
4. Revealing how others think or say about the character
5. Showing us what he/she does or how they act

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Direct Characterization

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writer actually tells us the character's personality directly

Hint 20

He was a cruel man
He had a brave soul

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Meter

Back 21

Generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

Hint 21

Stressed (/)
Unstressed (u)

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Setting

Back 22

The time and place of a story or play

Hint 22

A story set in London during the rennaisance

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Paradox

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Statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth

Hint 23

saying an impoverished couple is "the richest couple on earth"

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Pun

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Play on multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings

Hint 24

What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck