Literary Terms Flashcards

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flashback

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going back in time

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verisimilitude

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sense of reality

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rising action

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the escalation of conflict

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theme

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a message or statement about life learned from the story

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simile

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a comparison using “like” or “as”

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external conflict

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a conflict outside of a character

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first person point of view

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when a character in the story is telling the story

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symbol

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represents something other than itself

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omniscient

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all-knowing

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resolution

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the solving of conflict