FDC #6 Literary Terms

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Imagery

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The use of words or pictures to describe ideas or actions in poems, books, films, etc.

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Convey

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To communicate or express something, with or without using words.

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Symbolize

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If something symbolizes a quality, feeling, etc., it represents it.

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Conflict

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A problem or struggle between two forces in a story. It’s what makes the story interesting and moves the plot forward.

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Speaker

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The voice that narrates or speaks the poem, different from the actual poet.

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Inference

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Something that you think is true, based on information that you have.

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Contrasted

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To compare two or more things to show the differences between them.

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a repeated pattern forming part of a poem.

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Personifying

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To represent a thing or a quality as a person, in literature or art.

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Effect

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The way in which an action, event, or person changes someone or something.