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Literary Terms
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Language - English
7th Grade
03/11/2009

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alliteration

Definition

the poetic use of two or more words that begin with the same sound

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character

Definition

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

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characterization

Definition
the creation and development of a character in a story
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conflict
Definition

a struggle between opposing forces; it causes the action of most stories, novels and plays

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flashback
Definition

an interruption in the events in a story to tell about something that happened in the past

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genre
Definition
a type of literature such as poetry, prose (fiction and nonfiction), and drama (plays)
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mood
Definition
the feeling that a literary work or passage creates; mood can be funny, scary, tense, happy, hopeless, and more
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personification
Definition

giving human qualities to animals or things

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plot
Definition
a sequence of connected events in a fictional story; has characters and a main problem or conflict
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point of view
Definition
the perspective from which a story is told; can be that of a narrator outside the story or a character in the story
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narrator
Definition
the character or speaker who tells a story
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setting
Definition
the time and place of action in a literary work
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