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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.
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
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man
B
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self
C
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nature
D
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society
connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
ex
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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
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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
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mean as a snake
soliloquy speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any; ex
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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.
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.