Literary terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| Allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Character | a person in a story |
| Climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point |
| Conflict | Problem |
| Dialect | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
| Exposition | Very beginning |
| Falling action | events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
| Figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| Foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| Malaprop | the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar |
| Metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| Mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
| Motivation | Something that makes you want to go on |
| Narrative | Story |
| Protagonist | the main character in a literary work |
| Rising action | Events leading to the climax |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Suspense | Kepps you wanting to read |
| Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
| Theme | Message or statement about life in the story |
| Tone | The way the author writes the story |
| Topic | subject |
| Voice | The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer |
| Irony | the opposite of what is expected |
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