Introductory and Mango Street Unit Literary Terms

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when a voice outside the story narrates; sees the world through one character&#x27;s eyes and reveals only their thoughts

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third-person limited point of view

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Involves a character in conflict with themselves

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internal conflict

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The author’s unique way of writing

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style

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a work of fiction that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel

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novella

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the time and place of the action

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setting

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the pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language

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rhythm

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The use of any element of language– a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence– more than once

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repetition

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The author’s choice of words, especially vocabulary, use of slang and colloquial language, and level of formality

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diction

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Anything that stands for something else and/or represents an abstract idea

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symbol

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The perspective from which a story is narrated, or told

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narrative point of view

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A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

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theme

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writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

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exposition

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A character’s struggles against outside forces

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external conflict

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prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas, or events

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nonfiction

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

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character

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a character that shows only one trait

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flat

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one of the three major types of literature; most make use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged langauge

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poetry

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A novel dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education

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Bildungsroman

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a character that does not change

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static

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A writer’s distinctive “sound” or way of “speaking” on the page

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voice

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The narrator is a character who participates in the action and uses the first-person pronouns I or me.

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first-person point of view

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when a voice outside the story narrates; all-knowing--can tell readers what any character thinks and feels

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third person omniscient point of view

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A brief, evocative description, account, or episode

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vignette

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A figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items

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simile

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A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.

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metaphor

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Writing that tells a story

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narration

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the sequence of events in a literary work

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plot

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The ordinary form of written language

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Prose

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The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader

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imagery

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A category or type of literature

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genre

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A portrait in words of a person, a place, or an object.

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description

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The writer’s attitude toward the audience or subject

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tone

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A long work of fiction

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novel

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A character that develops and grows during the course of the story

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dynamic character

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Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

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fiction

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a brief work of fiction

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short story

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A struggle between opposing forces.

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conflict

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writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action

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persuasion

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A character that shows many different traits– faults as well as virtues

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round character

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Sentence structure

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syntax

Introductory and Mango Street Unit Literary Terms

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Introductory and Mango Street Unit Literary Terms

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