Literary Terms

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Literary Terms

• 7th Grade Honors
• Part A

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Alliteration

• The
• repetition
• of initial
• consonant
• sounds

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Allusion

• A reference
• to a
• well-known person, event, place,
• literary work,
• or work of art

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AnALogy

• Makes
• a comparison
• between
• two of more
• things that are
• similar in
• some ways but
• otherwise
• unalike

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Anecdote

• A brief story or
• short tale
• about
• an interesting,
• amusing,
• or strange event

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Antagonist

• An antagonist
• is a character
• or a force in
• conflict with a
• main character,
• or protagonist

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Atmosphere

• Often called
• Mood.
• It is the feeling
• created in the
• reader by a
• literary work
• or passage

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Authors Influences

• These influences
• include
• his or her heritage,
• culture, and
• personal beliefs

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Authors Style

• Authors
• typical
• way
• of
• writing

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Autobiography

• The story of
• the writers
• own life,
• told
• by the writer

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Biography

• A form of nonfiction
• in which a writer tells
• the life story of a
• another person

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Character

• A person or an
• animal that takes
• part in the action
• of a literary work

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Characterization

• The act of
• creating
• and
• developing
• a
• character.

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Character traits

• The qualities,
• attitudes, and
• values that a
• character has or
• displays---such as
• dependability,
• intelligence,
• selfishness, or
• stubbornness.

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Climax

• Also called
• the turning
• point. It is
• the high point
• in the action
• of the plot

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Comedy

• A literary
• work,
• especially a
• play, which is
• light, often
• humorous or
• satirical, and
• ends happily.

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Concrete Poem

• Is one with
• a shape
• that suggests
• its subject

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Conflict

• A
• struggle
• between
• opposing
• forces

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Connotations

• The set of ideas
• associated
• with it in
• addition
• to its explicit
• meaning

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Denotation

• Its dictionary
• meaning,
• independent
• of other associations
• that the word
• may have

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Description

• A portrait,
• in words,
• of a
• person,
• place, or
• object

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Dialect

• The
• form
• of a language
• spoken by
• people
• in a
• particular
• region
• or group

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Dialogue

• A
• conversation
• between
• characters

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Diction

• A writers
• or
• speakers
• word choice

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Drama

• A story
• written to
• be
• performed
• by actors.

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Essay

• A short
• nonfiction
• work about
• a particular
• subject