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Literary Terms KMS (Left side) 35
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Kirn middle School Literary Terms All 35 words on the left side
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Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses
onomatopoeia
style
prose
imagery
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a logical conclusion or guess based on evidence or information provided by the author
genre
influence
inference
point of view
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a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens
fiction
irony
legend
suspense
4
a form of poetry where there is no regular pattern of rhythm, rhyme, or line length
lyric poetry
free verse
irony
narrative poetry
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The terms used to identify the major categories of literature.
genre
idiom
allusion
figurative language
6
how a story, novel, play, or poem is structured or organized.
essay
form
free verse
fable
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a personal, day-to-day journal of an author’s experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
diary
dairy
extended metaphore
flashback
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when an author or poet refers to a famous person, place, event, or other work of literature.
short story
idiom
allusion
alliteration
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a form of language as it is spoken in a certain place or region
dialouge
language
narrative
dialect
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a form of nonfiction in which one person tells the story of his or her life.
historical narrative
Exposition
autobiography
biography
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a short nonfiction work that deals with one subject.
paper
article
novel
essay
12
a simple story that has been handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another
legend
moral
folk tale
myth
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someone or something that is working against the main character in a piece of literature
Protagonist
hero
legend
Antagonist
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words or phrases that come before or after an unfamiliar word that help explain its meaning.
fore shadowing
genre
context clues
moral
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may be to entertain, inform, or persuade the reader.
Author's Purpose
Generalization
Infrerence
Television
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two different things are compared at some length and in several ways.
form
metaphore
extended metaphore
infrence
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the story of a person’s life written by another person.
biography
fable
auto biography
motivation
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the beginning of a plot in a story or play, where the setting and characters are created
Irony
Genre
Exposition
infinitive
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a scene that interrupts the present to describe an event that took place at an earlier time
inference
flashback
imagery
flash forward
20
a writer’s use of hints that suggest events that will occur later in the story
hyperbole
context clues
genre
foreshadowing
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goes beyond dictionary meanings of words to create fresh and original descriptions.
climax
figurative language
exposition
encyclopedia
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a struggle between two opposing forces.
compare/ contrast
conflict
biography
climax
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show how two or more things are alike and show how two or more things are different.
compare/ contrast
contrast/correct
convince/ show
compare/compute
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a character whose actions win great admiration, often for courage or nobility.
dialect
imagery
hero
hyperbole
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a brief story that teaches a lesson about human nature (may have animals that act like humans)
hero
fable
bibliography
myth
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the techniques an author uses to create and develop a character.
character development
character connection
characterization
creativity
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expression that has a meaning that's different from the sum of the meanings of its single words
tone
hyperbole
inference
idiom
28
The point of highest interest and suspense in the story, novel, or play
twist
dialect
climax
ending
29
how a person changes from the beginning to the end of a story or book.
climax
character development
personification
characterization
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based on fact, a story that tells about something that really happened in the past
history
historical narrative
biography
autobiography
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an extreme exaggeration (much more than it actually is) used by a writer for emphasis or humor.
dialouge
Hyperbole
Folk tale
fable
32
repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, used to emphasize certain words
Dialect
hyperbole
Alliteration
Allusion
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A piece of writing that tells an imaginary story.
essay
fiction
short story
non-fiction
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a conversation between two or more characters
free verse
dialect
idiom
dialogue
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a broad statement made about a whole group, not necessarily true
Generalization
Genetic modification
irony
foreshadowing
