6th grade Literary Terms flashcards Unit 1

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_______ – short, non-fiction work that expresses a writer’s thoughts about a single subject.

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personal essay

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A struggle that takes place within a character

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internal conflict

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A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

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character

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_______ – a type of writing that portrays a character, object, or scene

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description

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_______ – an essay that relates to the life of the writer

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personal essay

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_______ - conversation involving two or more characters

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dialogue

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The use of words or phrases that sound like what they name.

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onomatopoeia

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A struggle between two or more people or things in a literary work.

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external conflict

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

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simile

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A series of events related to a central conflict.

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plot