Literary Terms
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ms_stefani on September 6, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of verse |
| antagonist | a character or force in conflict with or opposing the protagonist |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or line of verse |
| climax | the turning point in a plot |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external |
| dialect | a regional variety of language |
| dynamic character | a character who undergoes significant change (in insights, personality) during a story |
| exposition | the beginning of the story, often where characters, setting, and plot are established |
| falling action | events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
| flat character | a simple, undeveloped, often easily-stereotyped character |
| foreshadowing | an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story |
| frame story | a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story |
| genre | a particular variety of art or literature |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration or overstatement |
| imagery | language evoking a sensory experience or clear mental pictures |
| idiom | an expression particular to a language and which cannot be taken literally |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech joining two contradictory terms |
| personification | attributing human characteristics to something nonhuman, like animals, objects, or abstract ideas |
| protagonist | the main character in a story |
| resolution | the conclusion of a story, often where loose ends are tied up |
| rising action | the events and conflict(s) that build a story toward a climax |
| round character | a complex, multi-dimensional character |
| setting | the time and place where a story occurs |
| static character | a character who does not undergo significant change throughout the course of a story |
| suspense | a feeling of growing uncertainty about the outcome of events in a story |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
| theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a text |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, either stated or implied |
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