Literary Terms and Concepts

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Theme

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Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.

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Foreshadowing

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Hints and clues that reveal events that will happen later in the story.

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Flashback

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A scene that interrupts a story to describe an earlier event.

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Setting

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When and where the story takes place, this can also include background information.

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a story.

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Resolution

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The story ends, it is when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved.

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Climax

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The turning point or highest point of interest.

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Inference

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A guess based on text evidence added to what you already know.

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Annotation

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Notes in the text that enhance understanding.

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Internal Response

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The thoughts and feelings of characters about the events that occur in the story.