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SHS Honors Introduction to Literature Vocabulary
SHS Honors Introduction to Literature Vocabulary
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Freshman literary terms.
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Plot
The time and place at which a story takes place
The sequence of events that make up a story
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Alliteration
use of words like “buzz” or that imitate sounds they make
The repetition of initial constant sounds
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Stanza
songlike poem tells a story, oftn dealing w/ advntre&romnce
A formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit
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Foreshadowing
cnclusns bsd on contextual evdnce, bkgrnd knwlge,&cman sense
The author‘s use of clues to hint at future events
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Internal conflict
Involves a character in conflict with himself/herself
The main character struggles against an outside force
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Genre
A category or type of literature
The insight about life that it communicates
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Flat character
A character that does not change
Chrctr who has a sngle surface/aspect to his/her personality
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Ballad
A formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit
songlike poem tells a story, oftn dealing w/ advntre&romnce
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External conflict
The main character struggles against an outside force
Involves a character in conflict with himself/herself
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Connotation
words dictionary mning;independent of associates that it has
set of ideas associated with it in addition to its meaning
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Epic hero
Central character; largerthanlife figure from history/legend
One who exhibits many traits such as faults and virtues
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Round character
Character who develops & grows during the course of a story
character who exhibits many traits including faults&virtues
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Personification
a writer uses this to create word pictures for the reader
Gives human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea
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Setting
The time and place in which a story takes place
The sequence of events that make up a story
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Meter
Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
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Detonation
words dictionary mning;independent of associates that it has
set of ideas associated with it in addition to its meaning
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Static character
Chrctr who has a sngle surface/aspect to his/her personality
A character that does not change
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Soliloquy
long speech where a chrcter exprsses thoughts to the audince
Long speech addressed to other characters
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Sonnet
A pair of rhyming lines, usually the same length and meter
Lyric poem with 14lines;usually written in iambic pentameter
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Infer
The authors use of clues to hint at future events
cnclusns bsd on contextual evdnce, bkgrnd knwlge,&cmmn sense
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Onomatopoeia
Use of words like “buzz” that imitate the sounds they make
The repetition of initial constant sounds
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Dynamic character
One who exhibits many traits like faults/virtues
One who develops and grows throughout the story
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Epic
A long narrative or poem about the deeds of gods or heroes
Larger-than-life figure from history or legend
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Couplet
Lyric poem with 14lines;usually written in iambic pentameter
pair of rhyming lines, usually the sameness length and meter
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Infer
To make conclusions based on evidence & background knowledge
The authors use of clues to hint at future events
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Third-person point of view
The narrator does not participate in the action
The narrator is one of the characters
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First-person point of view
The narrator is one of the characters
The narrator does not participate in the story
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Autobiography
The story of ones life told by that person
The story of someone’s life
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Theme
A category or type of literature
a literary work is the insight that it communicates
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Imagery
Gives human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea
Language a writer uses to make word pictures for the reader
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Dialect
The writer‘s attitude towards his/her audience
The form of language spoken by people in a particular region
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Biography
The story of someones life
The story of ones life told by that person
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Mood
The writers attitude toward his or her audience and subject
feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
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Free verse
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Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
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Tone
The writers attitude toward his or her audience and subject
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work/passage
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Monologue
Long speech where a character is addressing other characters
long speech where a chrcter exprsses thoughts to the audince
