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CRCT Review: Literary Terms
Figurative Language, Literary Terms, Types of Literature, Etc.
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Language - English
7th Grade
04/28/2014

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Term
Fables
Definition
Aesop, characters are animals, provide a moral
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Tall Tales
Definition
larger than life, the tallest/strongest/smartest
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Folk Tales
Definition
stories that are orally passed down from generation to generation
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Simile
Definition
making a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
EX: She is sweet like honey.
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Hyperbole
Definition
an exaggeration.
EX: I nearly died laughing
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Metaphor
Definition
making a comparison between two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”
EX: The river was a ribbon of silver stretched across the plains
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Personification
Definition
giving a non-human thing a human quality
EX: The trees were waving in the wind.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
using words that show the same sound they make
EX: buzz, screech, pop, boom
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Alliteration
Definition
repeating consonant sounds within a line
EX: He clattered and clashed on the cobbles.
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Sensory Details
Definition
details that utilize our 5 senses- what we see, hear, taste, touch, smell
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End Rhyme
Definition
rhyming words at the end of different lines- show rhyme scheme with letters (aabbcc – rhyming couplet)
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
rhyming words within the same line
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Conflict
Definition
the problem between two opposing forces
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Internal Conflict
Definition
conflict within yourself

Man vs Himself
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External Conflict
Definition
conflict with an outside force (fist fight, nature, technology, society)

Man vs Man
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature
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Plot
Definition
the story line
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Characters
Definition
who
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Setting
Definition
when and where
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Climax
Definition
moment of highest tension; the turning point of the story/conflict
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Resolution
Definition
how the conflict is solved
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Character Traits
Definition
internal (personality) external (appearance, dress, speak, walk)
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Couplet
Definition
two lines of poetry that form a unit
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