Unit 1 Literary Terms & Figurative Language

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Category of literature based on facts

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Nonfiction

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Another name for a category in literature, art, or music

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Genre

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Writing based on imagination, it is made-up.

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Fiction

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Development of character's personality - author describes character's thoughts, feelings, actions.

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Characterization

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When and where a story takes place

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Setting

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Main character in a story

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Protagonist

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Struggle between main character and external forces - man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society

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External conflict

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Type of conflict in character's mind

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internal conflict

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Author's message in a story or poem

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Theme

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Character creating conflict, like the bully of the story

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Antagonist