Vocab Unit 5: Literary Terms

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Artwork, novel, painting, symphony, etc. that remains popular for years

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classic

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Driving force (internal/external) that prompts a character's action.

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motive

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Feeling conveyed by the author's voice; attitude shown through language.

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tone

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Struggle between characters or forces in a story

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conflict

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Instructive point of a story or novel; the lesson learned from reading.

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moral

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A long fictional literature form with a complex plot; a book with a made-up story.

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novel

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Mental position from which a character sees events unfold.

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point of view

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A passage quoted; exact words spoken by a character; words in quotation marks.

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quotation

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Order of story events

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sequence

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Represents something else

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symbol