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Literary & Essay Terms Massey

DIRECTIONS: Use the Literary Handbook in the back of your Literature Book
(starting on page R15) to define the following terms on note cards. These terms
will be on assignments, quizzes, and tests. Friday, August 19 will be the day your
note cards are due and the day of your first TEST!
*Number each notebard!!!

1. allusion
2. antagonist
3. character
4. round character
5. flat character
6. dynamic character
7. static character
8. direct characterization *can be found under characterization
9. indirect characterization *can be found under characterization
10.
external conflict *can be found under characterization
***Put man vs. man; man vs. nature; and man vs. society
on your
external conflict card.
11.
internal conflict *can be found under conflict
12.
dialect
13.
dialogue
14.
diction
15.
descriptive essay *can be found under essay
16.
narrative essay *can be found under essay
17.
expository essay *can be found under essay
18.
persuasive essay *can be found under essay
19.
flashback
20.
foreshadowing
21.
idiom
22.
irony
23.
verbal irony
24.
dramatic irony
25.
situation irony *labeled as irony of situation
26.
metaphor
27.
mood/atmosphere
28.
narrator
29.
point of view
30.
first person
31.
third person omniscient
32.
third person limited

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plot
exposition
climax
rising action
falling action
resolution
***Make sure you know the Elements of a Story
diagram we went over in class.

protagonist
setting
simile
suspense
symbol
theme
tone

There are 45 termsmake sure you have 45 notecards, no more and no less.