Literary Terms
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sammiejo435 on August 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | reference to a well known person, place, event in history, work of literature, music, painting, etc. for the purpose of extending/clarifying an idea |
| antagonist | character pitted against a protagonist |
| anti hero | a central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes |
| characterization | use of literary techniques to "flesh out" a character |
| classic | a work of literature that is widely held to be one of the greatest creations in its given literary traditions |
| climax | also called crisis or turning point occurs when something decisive happens to determinate the future course of events |
| conflict in literature | struggle by the central and secondary characters against another person (man vs. man), against the self (man vs. self), against nature (man vs. nature), and against society (man vs. society) |
| connotation | the emotion assoiated with he word |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| denouement | any material that follows the resolution and ties up loose ends |
| dialect | version of a language spoken by a particular people in a particular place, time, or social group |
| diction | when applied to writing refers to word choice |
| dystopia | "imperfect" world |
| exposition | part of a narrative that provides background information about characters, setting, and plot |
| external conflict | man vs. nature, society, man |
| falling action | all events that follow climax |
| figurative language | language not meant to be taken literally but meant to enhance an idea; hyperbole, metaphor, personification, simile, understatement, and symbol |
| flashback | a section of a literary work that presents an event or series of events that occured earlier than the current time in the work |
| foreshadowing | the hinting of events to occur |
| genre of literature | kind or type of literature; short stories, poetry, drama, novels, etc. |
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