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Literary Terms
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Literature
8th Grade
08/28/2007

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Drama
Definition
Writing writen to be preformed by actors
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elegy
Definition
solemn and lyric poem about death
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Fable
Definition
Breif story or poem
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fantasy
Definition
highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life
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fiction
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prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
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figurative language
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writing or speech that is not meant to be taken liturally
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flashback
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a scene within a story that enterupts the sequence of events to relate events that occured in the past
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folk tale
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story that is compossed oraly then passed by word of mouth
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foreshadowing
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the authors use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story
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