Literary Terms and Concepts

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figurative language

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using words to say more than what they mean on the surface

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personification

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giving human qualities to something that is not human

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metaphor

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a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

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idiom

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a figure of speech that is not to be taken literally

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simile

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a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'

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genre

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a category of literature

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prose

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literature written in everyday language

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narrative nonfiction

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a true story used to illustrate or explain a particular event or series of events

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summary

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a retelling of the most important parts of what was read

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narrator

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the character telling the story