Literary Terms Flashcards

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Main Purpose

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The reason the author has for writing. (Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

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Tone

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A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

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Phrase

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A group of words

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Theme

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Central idea of a work of literature

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a story is told

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Analogy

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A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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Metaphor

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A comparison without using like or as

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Haiku

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A Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables

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Identify

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Find; point out