Literary terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 exposition | kind of writing that explains or gives information |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals the personality of a character |
| protagonist | main character in a story |
| climax | the point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest |
| conflict | struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces |
| flashback | interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to suggest event that will occur later in the plot |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| irony | a contrast between expectation and reality |
| metaphor | comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing |
| personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings or thoughts |
| plot | the series of related events that make up a story |
| point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told |
| symbol | a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well |
| theme | general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals |
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