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Literary Terms
1. Annotation

2. Characterization

3. Figurative Language

4. Imagery

5. Irony

6. Mood/Tone

7. Narrator

8. Plot

9. Point of View

10. Setting

11. Symbolism

12. Theme/Central Idea
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The main idea of an entire story or text.
A decisive moment that is of maximum
intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
The process of developing a character's
personality traits.
The big problem in a story.
The series of events that unfold in the story.
Uses words or expressions with a meaning
that is different from the literal
interpretation.
The where and when in a story.
Very descriptive language that appeals to the
senses.
Adding notes to a text in order to better
understand it.
The atmosphere or feeling created for the
reader in a text.
The person telling the story.
The type of narrator in the story (1st person
or 3rd person).