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Literary Terms7th Grade Reading
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Point of View• The vantage point from
which a story is told• First person— is told by a
character who uses the pronoun “I”
• Second person– “You”• Third person—narrator
uses he/she to tell the story; like you are on the outside looking in
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…continuedThird person• Limited—the narrator
relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character, and everything is viewed from the character’s perspective
• Omniscient (all-knowing)—the narrator knows and tells about what each character thinks and feels
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Character
• Any person or animal that takes part in a story
• (Characters can be round, flat, static, or dynamic)
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Character, cont.
• Static character: These characters do NOT change throughout the story.
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Character, cont.• Dynamic—changes inside
(their way of thinking) as a result of what happens to him/her in the story
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Protagonist
• The main character in a literary work
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Protagonist
• The main character in a literary work
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Antagonist
• A character or force in conflict with the main character
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Setting
• The time and place of the action in a story
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Plot
• The sequence of events in a story
(Freytag’s Pyramid)
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Theme
• The central message in a literary work
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Figurative Language
• Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally (ex. Simile, personification, metaphor)
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Metaphor
a comparison of two things without using
like or as, may say one thing and mean
another
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Onomatopoeia
Words that are spelled like the sounds they make.
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Conflict
• The problem in the story.– Internal Conflict: takes place
within the character's mind or heart
– External Conflict: takes place with an outside force
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Oxymoron
Basically a phrase that has 2 words that would contradict each other, or just don't seem they should go together, such as "jumbo" and "shrimp.”
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Simile
Comparing two uncommon things with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
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Alliteration
The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
Ex. Tall Tommy told Teddy tall tales on Tuesday.
The “t” sound is repeated
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Irony
A contradiction between what you think will happen and what actually happens.
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Imagery
Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.A mental picture
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Dialogue
A talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, or novel; quotation marks will be used.
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Narrator
A person or character who tells a story.
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Climax
The top of Freytag’s Pyramid, the highest point of interest or suspense
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Direct Characterization
• the narrator or a character in the story tells us what we need to know about a character
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Indirect Characterization
• we find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters
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Flashback
When the current action is stopped and you look back to an earlier time in the story
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Foreshadowing
When a writer provides hints that suggest future ; it creates suspense for what’s to come
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Personification
Giving human characteristics (traits) to nonhuman characters.
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Mood
A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.
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Tone
The author’s voice or attitude about what he/she writes
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Style
The way an author uses language to write a story
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Suspense
A feeling of growing tension or excitement.
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Characterization OR Character Traits
All of the techniques a writer uses to create a character: physical appearance, their personality (what other characters say or how they feel about a character OR by his/her own thoughts and actions), direct comments about the character.