Literature Flash Cards

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consanant sounds at the beginning of words

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Allusion

Back 2

A reference to a well known piece of art, literature, etc.

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Antagonist

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Character in a book or poem who goes against another main character

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Character

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person in a book

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Concrete Poem

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Poem that doesnt have to rhyme but it is in the shape of the object about which it is written

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Conflict

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struggle or plot in a story

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Dialogue

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Conversation

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Extended Metaphor

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Comparing many objects to one other object w/o using like or as

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Figurative Language

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Words that are not to be taken literally (not the exact meaning)
i.e. I am so hungry I could eat an elephant

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Foreshadowing

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Hinting to something that will happen later in the book

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Genre

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Category into which a work falls

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Free Verse

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A poem that doesnt have to rhyme and is like regular speech

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Image

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A Word or phrase that appeals to one of the 5 senses

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Irony

Back 14

The difference between what somebody says and what they mean or what you understand

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Metaphor

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Comparing something to another thing without using like or as

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Round Character

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A character with many obvious traits

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Simile

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Comparing two things using like or as

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Suspense

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What an interesting story causes that makes you eager to find out what happens next

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Theme

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Underlying Idea that ties the story together

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Moral

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Lesson(s) learned from a story

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Motivation

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What pushes a character to do what he does

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Narrative Poem

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A poem that doesnt have to rhyme and it tells a story

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narrator

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the person who tells the story

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Onomatopoeia

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Sound written in letters. i.e. grrrrrrr

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Personification

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Giving human traits to inanimate objects

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Plot

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What happens in the story

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Poetry

Back 27

Using less words to describe more

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Point of View

Back 28

From where the story is told

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Prose

Back 29

Regular Speech as a poem

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Protagonist

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Main Character in a story

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Refrain

Back 31

to stop from doing

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Repetition

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Saying the same sound or word over and over again

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Rhyme

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Two words with similar sounds at the end

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Rhythm

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beat of the poem

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Setting

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Where a story takes place

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Stanza

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A group of lines in poetry

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Symbol

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A word that stands for something

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Refrain

Back 38

to stop from doing

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Repetition

Back 39

Saying the same sound or word over and over again

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Rhyme

Back 40

Two words with similar sounds at the end

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Rhythm

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beat of the poem

Front 42

Setting

Back 42

Where a story takes place

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Stanza

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A group of lines in poetry

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Symbol

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A word that stands for something