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Literary Terms Lists 1 & 2

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Across
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a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work
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the outcome of the conflict in a plot
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The part of the plot that begins to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced
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The action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results
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a division or type of literature
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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Exists within the mind of a character who is torn between different courses of action
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a character OR FORCE in conflict with the main character
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the high point in the action of the plot; AKA turning point
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a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
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The main character in a literary work
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a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events
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the writer of a story
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the speaker or character who tells a story
Down
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a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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The time & place of action in a literary work
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the repetition of consonant sounds
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The high point in the action of the plot, the turning point
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an exaggeration that is unbelievable
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the author’s use of clues or hints at what might happen later in the story
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The introduction
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A brief work of fiction that has a plot
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words that imitate sounds
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prose writing that tells about real people, events, & places
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a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas
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a figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else
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prose writing that tells a story about imaginary characters & events
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The sequence of events in a story