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Freshman Literary Elements

teacher: Mrs. Finnell
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Act of putting people into groups based on religion, race, sex, nationally, physical appearance, or social class.
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Substituting a milder word or phrase for one that might be harsher or offensive
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A one-dimensional character who lacks diversity; who is either all good or all bad and does not change.
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The central or main character around whom the plot centers
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Huge exaggeration
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Methods an author uses to reveal the people in the book, by what they say, what others say, or their actions
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A particular kind of speech used by members of one specific group because of its geographical location
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Struggle that moves the action forward in a work of literature
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A character whose qualities or actions usually serve to emphasize the actions/qualities of the main character
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The emotional aspects of the work which contributes to the feeling the reader gets from the book
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Characters that have many sides; they have both faults and virtues and are able to surprise the reader. like real people
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Reference to a person, place etc., that the author expects the reader to recognize
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A scene that interrupts the ongoing action in a story to show an event that happened earlier.
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Use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what action is to come.
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The atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts into it
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Person or force that is in conflict with the protagonist
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A novel or other work in which the main character(s) grow, mature, or understand the world in adult terms.
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A perception of inconsistency in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changes by its context
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a comparison of two dissimilar things