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Directions: Fill in the chart with the definition as you go through your
lessons. Keep this chart handy for review. You wont encounter every term
in your lessons, but you are free to extend your learning and fill in the
rest.

FICTION

Literary Term

Definition (what does it mean?)

Example (how do you use it?)

Central idea

Characterizat
ion
Conflict

Connotation

(Hint: Whats the difference

between the two?)

vs
Denotation

Dialogue

Figurative
language
Inference

Metaphor

Objective
summary
Oxymoron
1

(Hint: How do use each one

differently from the other?)

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Personificatio
n
Point of view

Setting

Simile

Theme

NONFICTION

Purpose

Rhetorical
Question

(Hint: How do different kinds frame

the story?)

Structure
(Ex.
Chronologica
l, general
overview,
etc)
Couplets

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Rhyme
Scheme

GENERAL TERMS

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Allegory

Stanza

Alliteration

Allusion

Analogy

Anecdote

Antonyms

Archetype

Dialect

Exaggeration

Flashback

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Foreshadowi
ng
Hyperbole

Imagery

(Hint: What are the differences

between the three?)
Irony
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Mood

Motivation

Narrative

Onomatopoe
ia
Paradox

Parallel
structure

(Hint: When do you use each one?)

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Pun

Refrain

Repetition

Soliloquy

Symbolism

Synonyms

Tone

Understatem
ent
Unreliable
narrator

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OTHER KEY TERMS AND QUESTION STYLES AND CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER

Term/Concept

Definition (What is it asking?)

Application (How to use or

answer it.)

How/Why/For what
purpose does the author
do ___________
Inference/deeper meaning
Literary terms
What is the effect of
__________
Word/phrase meaning
Tone/Mood

(Hint: Whats the difference

between the two?)

Basic plot information

Word replacement
Summary

(Hint: How do you use each

term differently?)