Literary Terms

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Mood

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The atmosphere one gets from a work of literature

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Setting

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The time & place in which events of a literary work take place.

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Symbol

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Something in a literacy work which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something broader than itself.

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Verbal Irony

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When the writer or speaker says one thing but means the opposite.

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Climax

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The moment of highest emotional intensity in a plot, when the outcome of the conflict was finally made clear to us.

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Plot

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The sequence of related events that make up a story or a drama is called the plot.

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Characterization

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The methods used to present the personality of a character in a work of literature.

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

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Flashback

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A scene in a story or play that interrupts the present action to tell about events that happened at an earlier

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Allegory

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Is a story that teaches a moral or lesson.

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Conflict

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A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature is called conflict.
-Internal: a conflict between a character and there mind
-External: a conflict between a character vs. character or nature.

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Foreshadowing

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The use of hints or clues that hint at events that are to follow in the plot.