Literacy Terms 21-41
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Wolf_Ferina on May 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Irony | Dramatic: when the reader or audience knows something the character does not Situational: when there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs Verbal: when the speaker says one thing but means the opposite |
| Metaphor | An implied comparison between dissimilar objects: "her talent blossomed" |
| Motif | A recurring feature of literary work that is related to the theme |
| Onomatopoeia | use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning: "hiss" |
| Oxymoron | Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory: "living dead" |
| Personification | Figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a literary work |
| Point of View | The vantage point or perspective from which a literary work is told |
| 1st person point of view | The narrator is a character in the story(use of 'I') |
| 3rd person point of view | The narrator is outside the story(use of 'he' she' 'they') |
| Protagonist | The main character in a literary work |
| Rhyme | Repetition of a similar or identical sounds: "look and crook" |
| Rhyme Scheme | Pattern of rhyme among lines of poetry [denoted using letters as in "ABAB CDCD EE" |
| Setting | The time and place of a literary work |
| Simile | A direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually using like or as: "I wandered lonely as a cloud" |
| Soliloquy | A dramatic device in which a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud |
| Speaker | Voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking |
| Stanza | Group of lines forming a unit in a poem |
| Stereotype | Standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots, and settings |
| Suspense | Technique that keeps the reader guessing what will happen next |
| Symbol/Symbolism | One thing(object, person, place) used to represent something else |
| Theme | The underlying main idea of a literary work. Differs from the subject of a literary work in that it involves a statement or opinion about the subject |
| Tone | The author's attitude toward the subject of a work |
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