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Title: Literary Terms and Definitions Notes
Description: These notes are from my freshman year of college when I took English 102. Two pages long, 11pt. font, packed with every literary term you need to know along with their definitions. Everyone taking AP English and/or English 101 and/or 102 needs to know this.

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antagonist­ opposes the main character  
antihero­    central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes 
a
exposition­rising action­climax­falling action­resolution 
conflict­the struggle between opposing forces  
types of conflict: 
A
...
 man 
B
...
 self 
C
...
 nature  
D
...
 society  
connotation­ an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning 
ex
...
 simile, metaphor, etc… 
flashback­ looking back into past 
flash forward­ looking towards the future 
foreshadowing­ “clues” in a story  
genre­  specific type of music, film, or writing 
  
gothic fiction­ type of fiction; scary situation ie
...
 can change the characters, 
usually in a negative way  
imagery­ five senses “paint a picture” for the reader  
initiation story­ short story when (usually a young child) learns a life lesson  
in media res­ “in the middle of things” uses flashbacks to understand how the character got where 
they are in the story currently ie
...
 the pizza maker hates pizza 
literary criticism­ when people write a/b literature, studies it; gives their opinion 
metaphor­ figure of speech where two things are being compared  
narrative poem­ person who tells a story  
1st person­ I, me, we, us 
2nd person­ you, your 
3rd person­ he, she, they, it 
onomatopoeia­ word that sounds like what it does 
pastorical literature­ set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period 
in which it is set  
personification­ when something non­human is given human traits ie
...
A
...
 mean as a snake  
soliloquy­  speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any; ex
...
  
symbol­ something that stands for something else ex
Title: Literary Terms and Definitions Notes
Description: These notes are from my freshman year of college when I took English 102. Two pages long, 11pt. font, packed with every literary term you need to know along with their definitions. Everyone taking AP English and/or English 101 and/or 102 needs to know this.