Quizlet 12th grade FPCA Midterm part 1

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  1. Allegory: Writing that has a deeper meaning hidden beneath the obvious one.
  2. Alliteration: Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
  3. Allusion: Referance, without explanation, to previous, well-known literature, character, or common knowledge, assuming the reader is familiar with its implications.
  4. Antagonist: person who opposes or competes with the main character, hero, heroine; often the villain.
  5. Character: person or animal that appears in a work of fiction
  6. Climax: the high point in the plot where the reader is most intrigued and does not yet know the outcome.
  7. Conflict: opposing elements or characters in a plot
  8. Connotation: surrounding feelings and associations added to word meaning.
  9. Denotation: dictionary meaning of a word
  10. Dialogue: speaking and conversation between characters in stories, play, and in person.
  11. Epitaph: inscription on tombstone or marker of the dead.
  12. External Conflict: when a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person, nature, society, or fate.
  13. Fiction: any literature about imaginary events or people.
  14. First-Person Narration: story told from first person point of view, usually using, "I"
  15. Flashback: jumping backward in the chronology of a narrative, often through a dream or musing sequence
  16. Foil: Character opposite or different from the protagonist used to highlight the protagonists traits - incidents or settings may also be used as foils.
  17. Foreshadow: hints during the narrative about what can/will happen later- can be literal hints or symbolic hints
  18. Hyperbole: use of extreme exaggeration for effect.
  19. Idiom: phrase in common use that does not literally mean what it says.
  20. Imagery: creation of mental pictures by perinent word choice and heightened description.
  21. Internal Conflict: exists within the mind of the character who is torn between opposing forces.
  22. Irony: phrases or words with meanings quite different from what are actually stated.
  23. Metaphor: Comparison of unlike things without using like or as.
  24. Moral: a lesson the literature is teaching; fables usually teach a lesson about life.
  25. Mythology: Traditional tales about Goddesses, Gods, heros, and other characters, often telling about the creation of the universe, talking about death, or otherwise philosophically explaining human existance
  26. Oxymoron: use of paradoxical or opposite words for effect.
  27. Paradox: contradictory statement that makes sense.
  28. Personification: literary device where a writer attributes human qualities to object or ideas.
  29. Plot: sequence of events
  30. Point of View: Perspective from which the story is written.
  31. Prose: literature written in sentences and paragraphs, as opposed to poetry or verses.
  32. Protagonist: main character/ hero/ heroine in a written work.
  33. Proverb: saying, usually short and generally believed to be true
  34. Resolution: Clarification, solution, or outcome of the conflict in a story.
  35. Setting: time and place of a story
  36. Simile: Comparison of things using like or as.
  37. Theme/ Thesis: main idea in a piece of literature; topic, or subject
  38. Tone: mood brought forth by a story, poem, or other writing.