Literary Terms 1

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Setting

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The time and place of a specific scene or chapter, the entire story, a play, or a narrative poem.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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Flashback

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An interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happen at an earlier time.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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Soliloquy

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When an actor speaks their thoughts out loud to the audience; used to help the audience understand what an actor is thinking.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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Dialect

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The way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of people.

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

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Metaphor

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An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be the other.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces, which can be internal or external.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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Motif

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A recurring element, theme, or idea in a literary work.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

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Irony

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A contrast between expectation and reality, often highlighting the difference between what is said and what is meant.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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Allusion

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

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Theme

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The central idea or message conveyed in a literary work.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9