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Literary Terms

Literary Terms. 7 th Grade Reading. 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 . …continued.

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms 7th Grade Reading

  2. 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

  3. …continued Third 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

  4. Character • Any person or animal that takes part in a story • (Characters can be round, flat, static, or dynamic)

  5. Character, cont. • Static character: These characters do NOT change throughout the story.

  6. Character, cont. • Dynamic—changes inside (their way of thinking) as a result of what happens to him/her in the story

  7. Protagonist • The main character in a literary work

  8. Protagonist • The main character in a literary work

  9. Antagonist • A character or force in conflict with the main character

  10. Setting • The time and place of the action in a story

  11. Plot • The sequence of events in a story (Freytag’s Pyramid)

  12. Theme • The central message in a literary work

  13. Figurative Language • Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally (ex. Simile, personification, metaphor)

  14. Metaphor a comparison of two things without using like or as, may say one thing and mean another

  15. Onomatopoeia Words that are spelled like the sounds they make.

  16. 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

  17. 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.”

  18. Simile Comparing two uncommon things with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

  19. 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

  20. Irony A contradiction between what you think will happen and what actually happens.

  21. Imagery Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching. A mental picture

  22. Dialogue • A talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, or novel; quotation marks will be used.

  23. Narrator • A person or character who tells a story.

  24. Climax • The top of Freytag’s Pyramid, the highest point of interest or suspense

  25. Direct Characterization • the narrator or a character in the story tells us what we need to know about a character

  26. Indirect Characterization • we find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters

  27. Flashback • When the current action is stopped and you look back to an earlier time in the story

  28. Foreshadowing • When a writer provides hints that suggest future ; it creates suspense for what’s to come

  29. Personification • Giving human characteristics (traits) to nonhuman characters.

  30. Mood • A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.

  31. Tone • The author’s voice or attitude about what he/she writes

  32. Style • The way an author uses language to write a story

  33. Suspense • A feeling of growing tension or excitement.

  34. 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.

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